Z Special Unit MemorialPrint Page 
The plaque commemorates those who served in Z Force during World War Two.
Z Special Unit (also known as Special Operations Executive (SOE), Special Operations Australia (SOA) or the Services Reconnaissance Department (SRD) was a joint Allied special forces unit formed during the Second World War to operate behind Japanese lines in South East Asia.
Predominantly Australian, Z Special Unit was a specialist reconnaissance and sabotage unit that included British, Dutch, New Zealand, Timorese and Indonesian members, predominantly operating on Borneo and the islands of the former Netherlands East Indies.
Location
| Address: | Flinders Lane, Flinders Memorial Park, Rockingham, 6168 |
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| State: | WA |
| Area: | AUS |
| GPS Coordinates: | Lat: -32.275833 Long: 115.732778 Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate. |
Details
| Monument Type: | Plaque |
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| Monument Theme: | Conflict |
| Sub-Theme: | WW2 |
| Actual Event Start Date: | 03-September-1939 |
| Actual Event End Date: | 15-August-1945 |
Dedication
| Approx. Monument Dedication Date: | 2005 |
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Erected in memory of the members of Services Reconnaissance Department
"Z - Force"
Singapore
Malaya Timor Java Sea New Guinea
China Sea New Britain Borneo Phillipines
1939 - 1945
Lest We Forget
