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Plaque Location
Plaque Location

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The plaque commemorates the Z Special Unit who were a special group of commandos who served in World War Two.

The plaque location is indicated by the red poppy in the second image. 

Often known as Z Force, a joint Australian, British and New Zealand Commando Unit, saw action against the Japanese during World War Two.  Z Special Unit carried out 284 covert operations in the South West Pacific Theatre. The most well-known of these are, a Kayak Raid on Singapore Harbour called Operation Jaywick and the subsequent Operation Rimau, in which all 23 participants were either killed in action or executed.

The MV Krait is a wooden hulled vessel famous for its use during by the Z Special Unit (Z Force) of Australia during the raid against Japanese ships anchored in Singapore Harbour. The raid was known as Operation Jaywick.

 

Location

Address:Fairbairn & Limestone Avenues, Captain Reg Saunders Courtyard, Australian War Memorial, Campbell, 2612
State:ACT
Area:AUS
GPS Coordinates:Lat: -35.280317
Long: 149.147596
Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate.
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Details

Monument Type:Plaque
Monument Theme:Conflict
Sub-Theme:WW2
Approx. Event Start Date:1942
Approx. Event End Date:1956

Dedication

Actual Monument Dedication Date:Monday 1st August, 2016
Front Inscription

Z Special Unit of Special Operations Australia

Personnel from this Unit were involved in more than 80 operations in Asia and the Pacific 
1942 - 1945

In honour of those who served and in memory of all who gave their lives

Ex Certamine Contubernium - Out of conflict, comradeship is born

Source: MA
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