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precise citations.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">February 2010</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r963460841">@media all and (min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .desktop-float-right{box-sizing:border-box;float:right;clear:right}}.mw-parser-output .infobox.vevent .status>p:first-child{margin:0}</style><p><b>Operation Rimau</b> was an attack on <a href="/wiki/Empire_of_Japan" title="Empire of Japan">Japanese</a> shipping in <a href="/wiki/Singapore" title="Singapore">Singapore</a> Harbour, carried out by an <a href="/wiki/Allies_of_World_War_II" title="Allies of World War II">Allied</a> <a href="/wiki/Commando" title="Commando">commando</a> unit <a href="/wiki/Z_Special_Unit" title="Z Special Unit">Z Special Unit</a>, during <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a> using Australian built Hoehn military MKIII <a href="/wiki/Folboat" class="mw-redirect" title="Folboat">folboats</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was a follow-up to the successful <i><a href="/wiki/Operation_Jaywick" title="Operation Jaywick">Operation Jaywick</a></i> which had taken place in September 1943, and was again led by Lieutenant Colonel <a href="/wiki/Ivan_Lyon" title="Ivan Lyon">Ivan Lyon</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Gordon_Highlanders" title="Gordon Highlanders">Gordon Highlanders</a>, an infantry regiment of the <a href="/wiki/British_Army" title="British Army">British Army</a>. </p><table class="infobox vevent" style="width:25.5em;border-spacing:2px;"><tbody><tr><th class="summary" colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Operation Rimau</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;">Part of the <a href="/wiki/Japanese_occupation_of_Singapore" title="Japanese occupation of Singapore">Japanese occupation of Singapore</a> during <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;border-bottom:1px solid #aaa;line-height:1.5em;"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Operation_Rimau_commemorative_marker,_Palm_Beach_Jetty,_August_2019_02.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Operation_Rimau_commemorative_marker%2C_Palm_Beach_Jetty%2C_August_2019_02.jpg/220px-Operation_Rimau_commemorative_marker%2C_Palm_Beach_Jetty%2C_August_2019_02.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Operation_Rimau_commemorative_marker%2C_Palm_Beach_Jetty%2C_August_2019_02.jpg/330px-Operation_Rimau_commemorative_marker%2C_Palm_Beach_Jetty%2C_August_2019_02.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Operation_Rimau_commemorative_marker%2C_Palm_Beach_Jetty%2C_August_2019_02.jpg/440px-Operation_Rimau_commemorative_marker%2C_Palm_Beach_Jetty%2C_August_2019_02.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3864" data-file-height="5152"></a></span><br>Operation Rimau commemorative marker, Rockingham, Western Australia</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><table style="width:100%;margin:0;padding:0;border:0;display:inline-table"><tbody><tr><th style="padding-right:1em">Date</th><td>10–16 October 1944</td></tr><tr><th style="padding-right:1em">Location</th><td><div class="location"><a href="/wiki/Singapore" title="Singapore">Singapore</a> Harbour; Riau, <a href="/wiki/Indonesia" title="Indonesia">Indonesia</a></div></td></tr><tr><th style="padding-right:1em">Result</th><td class="status"> Mission failed</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Belligerents</th></tr><tr><td style="width:50%;border-right:1px dotted #aaa;"> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg/33px-Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg/43px-Flag_of_Japan_%281870%E2%80%931999%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700"></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Empire_of_Japan" title="Empire of Japan">Empire of Japan</a></td><td style="width:50%;padding-left:0.25em"> <a href="/wiki/Z_Special_Unit" title="Z Special Unit">Z Special Unit</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Commanders and leaders</th></tr><tr><td style="width:50%;border-right:1px dotted #aaa;"> N/A</td><td style="width:50%;padding-left:0.25em"> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom"><img alt="United Kingdom" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600"></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Ivan_Lyon" title="Ivan Lyon">Ivan Lyon</a> <a href="/wiki/Killed_in_action" title="Killed in action"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Old English Text MT',serif"><b>†</b></span></a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Strength</th></tr><tr><td style="width:50%;border-right:1px dotted #aaa;"> N/A</td><td style="width:50%;padding-left:0.25em"> 23 commandos<br>1 <a href="/wiki/Junk_(ship)" title="Junk (ship)">junk</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Casualties and losses</th></tr><tr><td style="width:50%;border-right:1px dotted #aaa;"> claimed 3 ships sunk</td><td style="width:50%;padding-left:0.25em"> 1 junk scuttled<br>13 killed or died in custody<br>10 executed</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Originally part of a much larger operation called <i><a href="/wiki/Operation_Hornbill_(World_War_Two)" title="Operation Hornbill (World War Two)">Operation Hornbill</a></i>,<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the aim of Rimau was to sink Japanese shipping by paddling the folboats in the dark and placing <a href="/wiki/Limpet_mine" title="Limpet mine">limpet mines</a> on ships. It was originally intended that motorised semi-submersible canoes, known as "<a href="/wiki/Sleeping_Beauty_(canoe)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sleeping Beauty (canoe)">Sleeping Beauties</a>", would be used to gain access to the harbour, however, they resorted to folboats. After the raiding party's discovery by local Malay authorities, a total of thirteen men (including raid commander Lyon) were killed during battles with the <a href="/wiki/Armed_Forces_of_the_Empire_of_Japan" class="mw-redirect" title="Armed Forces of the Empire of Japan">Japanese military</a> at a number of island locations or were captured and died of their wounds in Japanese captivity. A group of ten commandos were transported to <a href="/wiki/Outram_Prison" title="Outram Prison">Outram Road Jail</a> in Singapore after capture by the Japanese, were tried on charges of <a href="/wiki/Perfidy" title="Perfidy">perfidy</a> and <a href="/wiki/Espionage" title="Espionage">espionage</a> in a Japanese <a href="/wiki/Kangaroo_court" title="Kangaroo court">kangaroo court</a> and executed on 7 July 1945.<sup id="cite_ref-Success_and_failure_in_the_port_of_Singapore—Z_Special_Unit_and_the_Jaywick_and_Rimau_raids_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Success_and_failure_in_the_port_of_Singapore%E2%80%94Z_Special_Unit_and_the_Jaywick_and_Rimau_raids-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Rimau_Historic_Marker_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rimau_Historic_Marker-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div id="toc" class="toc" role="navigation" aria-labelledby="mw-toc-heading"><input type="checkbox" role="button" id="toctogglecheckbox" class="toctogglecheckbox" style="display:none"><div class="toctitle" lang="en" dir="ltr"><h2 id="mw-toc-heading">Contents</h2><span class="toctogglespan"><label class="toctogglelabel" for="toctogglecheckbox"></label></span></div> <ul> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="#Planning"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Planning</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2"><a href="#Operation"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Operation</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-3"><a href="#Capture_of_Mustika"><span class="tocnumber">2.1</span> <span class="toctext">Capture of <i>Mustika</i></span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-4"><a href="#Return_to_Merapas_Island"><span class="tocnumber">2.2</span> <span class="toctext">Return to Merapas Island</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-5"><a href="#Contact_with_Japanese"><span class="tocnumber">2.3</span> <span class="toctext">Contact with Japanese</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-6"><a href="#Attack_on_Singapore_Harbour"><span class="tocnumber">2.4</span> <span class="toctext">Attack on Singapore Harbour</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-7"><a href="#Initial_flight"><span class="tocnumber">2.5</span> <span class="toctext">Initial flight</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-8"><a href="#Battle_of_Soreh_Island"><span class="tocnumber">2.6</span> <span class="toctext">Battle of Soreh Island</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-9"><a href="#Tapai_Island"><span class="tocnumber">2.7</span> <span class="toctext">Tapai Island</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-10"><a href="#Merapas_Island"><span class="tocnumber">2.8</span> <span class="toctext">Merapas Island</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-11"><a href="#Rescue_mission"><span class="tocnumber">2.9</span> <span class="toctext">Rescue mission</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-12"><a href="#Attempted_escape"><span class="tocnumber">2.10</span> <span class="toctext">Attempted escape</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-13"><a href="#Capture_and_execution"><span class="tocnumber">2.11</span> <span class="toctext">Capture and execution</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-14"><a href="#Notes"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">Notes</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-15"><a href="#References"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">References</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-16"><a href="#External_links"><span class="tocnumber">5</span> <span class="toctext">External links</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(1)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Planning">Planning</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Operation_Rimau&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Planning" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-1 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-1"> <p>After the success of the earlier Operation Jaywick mission in September 1943, Ivan Lyon started preparing for Operation Rimau. 'Rimau' is the Malay word for 'tiger' and Lyon had a large multi-coloured tiger head tattooed on his chest. </p><p>The mission consisted of 23 men with an additional two performing the duties of "conducting officers". </p><p>The plan was to: </p> <ul><li>deliver commandoes to enemy waters via submarine with 15 one-man, motorised submersible canoes known as "Sleeping Beauties" (SBs) (these could be used on the surface or travel semi-submerged, with the operator's head above the water or fully submerged similar to a small submarine, the operator using artificial breathing apparatus similar to modern <a href="/wiki/Scuba_diving" title="Scuba diving">Scuba diving</a> equipment);</li> <li>travel to the uninhabited <a href="/wiki/Merapas_Island" title="Merapas Island">Merapas Island</a> in <a href="/wiki/Indonesia" title="Indonesia">Indonesia</a> which they would use as a base and place enough supplies for three months;</li> <li>have the commandoes capture a small local fishing boat;</li> <li>sail the boat towards <a href="/wiki/Singapore" title="Singapore">Singapore</a> Harbour undetected, disguising the commandos as locals;</li> <li>reach the Bay of Kepala Jernih (in the <a href="/wiki/Tambelan_Archipelago" title="Tambelan Archipelago">Tambelan Archipelago</a>) late on 9 October 1944 for 24 hours to allow an officer to carry out a reconnaissance from Pulau Subar ("<a href="/wiki/Sisters%27_Islands" title="Sisters' Islands">Sisters' Islands</a>");</li> <li>the officer was to spend the time observing targets and later rendezvous with the junk to participate in the attack;</li> <li>two canoes would travel north to the vicinity of Labon Island to secure a hide for the junk and for another canoe to proceed to Subar;</li> <li>after darkness, the crew was to move the junk to an attack base at Labon</li> <li>using the "Sleeping Beauties", the party was to attach limpet mines to Japanese ships, sink thirty of them, damage another thirty, and escape to their base on <a href="/wiki/Merapas_Island" title="Merapas Island">Merapas Island</a> by paddling their way back in two-man <a href="/wiki/Folding_kayak" title="Folding kayak">folboats (collapsible canoes)</a>, seventy miles to the east of <a href="/wiki/Singapore" title="Singapore">Singapore</a>;</li> <li>return to a rendezvous with the submarine on 7/8 November 1944 at <a href="/wiki/Merapas_Island" title="Merapas Island">Merapas Island</a>;</li> <li>if the submarine failed to make contact with them it would stay in the area, returning to the designated point every night until 8 December 1944.</li></ul> <p>The main differences from <a href="/wiki/Operation_Jaywick" title="Operation Jaywick">Operation Jaywick</a> were: </p> <ul><li>delivering mines by special one-man motorised submersible canoes (called ‘Sleeping Beauties’, or SBs);</li> <li>a larger operational team (23 as opposed to 14);</li> <li>capturing a boat rather than sailing in one from <a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a>;</li> <li>the boat captured did not have an engine.</li></ul> <p>The members of the team were: </p> <ul><li>Lieutenant Colonel <a href="/wiki/Ivan_Lyon" title="Ivan Lyon">Ivan Lyon</a>*,</li> <li>Lieutenant Commander Donald Davidson, RNVR*;</li> <li>Major Reginald Ingleton, RM;</li> <li>Captain <a href="/wiki/Robert_Page_(soldier)" title="Robert Page (soldier)">Robert Page</a>*;</li> <li>Lieutenant Bruno Reymond, RANR;</li> <li>Lieutenant Walter Carey – conducting officer,</li> <li>Lieutenant Robert Ross,</li> <li>Lieutenant Albert Sargent,</li> <li>Lieutenant Walter Chapman – conducting officer;</li> <li>Sub-Lieutenant Gregor Riggs, RNVR</li> <li>Warrant Officer Alfred Warren;</li> <li>Warrant Officer Jeffrey Willersdorf – Maintenance Technician.;</li> <li>Sergeant Colin Cameron – Maintenance Technician;</li> <li>Sergeant David Gooley – Maintenance Technician;</li> <li>Corporal Archie Campbell;</li> <li>Corporal Colin Craft – signaller;</li> <li>Corporal Roland Fletcher – Infantry and Maintenance;</li> <li>Corporal Hugo Pace – Infantry and Maintenance;</li> <li>Corporal Clair Stewart – signaller;</li> <li>Lance Corporal John Hardy – Infantry and Maintenance;</li> <li>Able Seaman Walter Falls*;</li> <li>Able Seaman Andrew Huston*;</li> <li>Able Seaman Frederick Marsh*;</li> <li>Private Douglas Warne – Infantry and Maintenance</li></ul> <p>(* means participated in Operation Jaywick) </p> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(2)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Operation">Operation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Operation_Rimau&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Operation" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-2 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-2"> <p>Lyon and his men left their base in <a href="/wiki/Garden_Island_(Western_Australia)" title="Garden Island (Western Australia)">Garden Island</a> in <a href="/wiki/Western_Australia" title="Western Australia">Western Australia</a> aboard the British submarine <a href="/wiki/HMS_Porpoise_(N14)" title="HMS Porpoise (N14)">HMS <i>Porpoise</i></a> on 11 September 1944. </p><p>The submarine reached the island of <a href="/wiki/Merapas_Island" title="Merapas Island">Merapas</a> off the coast of <a href="/w/index.php?title=Pulau_Bintan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Pulau Bintan (page does not exist)">Pulau Bintan</a> on 23 September 1944. Although the island was believed to be uninhabited, a periscope reconnaissance the following day spotted three Malays beside a canoe on the beach. </p><p>To ensure that their stores would remain undiscovered by the natives, one of the officers from the <i>Porpoise</i>, Lieutenant Walter Carey, remained on Merapas as a guard. </p><p>The rest of the party stayed in the <i>Porpoise</i> which moved off on the evening of 24 September 1944 to capture a native boat. It followed Karimato Strait along the Borneo coast. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Capture_of_Mustika">Capture of <i>Mustika</i></h3><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Operation_Rimau&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Capture of Mustika" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Z_Special_Unit_Memorial_commemorative_marker_3.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Z_Special_Unit_Memorial_commemorative_marker_3.jpg/220px-Z_Special_Unit_Memorial_commemorative_marker_3.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="336" data-file-height="448"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 220px;height: 293px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Z_Special_Unit_Memorial_commemorative_marker_3.jpg/220px-Z_Special_Unit_Memorial_commemorative_marker_3.jpg" data-width="220" data-height="293" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Z_Special_Unit_Memorial_commemorative_marker_3.jpg/330px-Z_Special_Unit_Memorial_commemorative_marker_3.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ac/Z_Special_Unit_Memorial_commemorative_marker_3.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a><figcaption>Commemorative marker for the Mustika at Rockingham, Western Australia</figcaption></figure> <p>On the afternoon 28 September 1944 the <i>Porpoise</i> stopped a <a href="/wiki/Junk_(ship)" title="Junk (ship)">junk</a> from <a href="/wiki/Ketapang" title="Ketapang">Ketapang</a> named the <i>Mustika</i> off the west coast of <a href="/wiki/Borneo" title="Borneo">Borneo</a> near <a href="/wiki/Pontianak,_Indonesia" class="mw-redirect" title="Pontianak, Indonesia">Pontianak</a>. Seven commandoes boarded the boat and nine Malay crew were taken aboard the submarine. </p><p>Twelve minutes later, <i>Porpoise</i> submerged with both vessels making their way back west towards a forward operational base at <a href="/w/index.php?title=Pedjantan_Island&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Pedjantan Island (page does not exist)">Pedjantan Island</a>. </p><p>Over the next two nights, 29–30 September 1944, the Rimau commandoes, the SBs, folboats and other stores were transferred from <i>Porpoise</i> to <i>Mustika</i>. </p><p>Once completed on 1 October 1944 the second conducting officer, Major Walter Chapman and <i>Mustika</i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s Malayan crew returned to <a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a> in HMS <i>Porpoise</i>. (The Malay crew would be transported to <a href="/wiki/Fremantle" title="Fremantle">Fremantle</a> where they stayed for the rest of the war.) </p><p><i>Porpoise</i> arrived safely back in Fremantle on 11 October 1944. On 15 October 1944, Chapman, along with Corporal Ronald Croton, embarked in the submarine <a href="/wiki/HMS_Tantalus" title="HMS Tantalus">HMS <i>Tantalus</i></a> under the command of Lieutenant Commander <a href="/wiki/Hugh_Mackenzie_(Royal_Navy_officer)" title="Hugh Mackenzie (Royal Navy officer)">Hugh Mackenzie</a>. This submarine was conducting an offensive patrol in the <a href="/wiki/South_China_Sea" title="South China Sea">South China Sea</a> and was due to rendezvous with the Rimau party on 8 November 1944. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Return_to_Merapas_Island">Return to Merapas Island</h3><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Operation_Rimau&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Return to Merapas Island" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <p><i>Mustika</i> returned via the <a href="/wiki/Java_Sea" title="Java Sea">Java Sea</a> and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Karimata_Straits&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Karimata Straits (page does not exist)">Karimata Straits</a> to Merapas Island. The Rimau Commandos disguised themselves as Malays by wearing sarongs and dyeing their skin. The <i>Mustika</i> had no engine though so the commandoes were dependent on winds. </p><p>The <i>Mustika</i> arrived at Merapas on 4 October 1944. It appears Lyon decided to divide the party into two groups: 19 commandoes to take part in the raid, while four men would be left behind. These were meant to be Carey, Warren, Craft and Cameron or Pace. </p><p>The <i>Mustika</i> then headed towards <a href="/wiki/Singapore" title="Singapore">Singapore</a> Harbour, reaching the vicinity of the harbour on or around 6 October 1944. It was thought to have been off the west coast of <a href="/w/index.php?title=Pulau_Batam&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Pulau Batam (page does not exist)">Pulau Batam</a>. Pulau Laban is located at a distance of 11 miles from <a href="/wiki/Keppel_Harbour" title="Keppel Harbour">Keppel Harbour</a> and was the intended forward point from which the attack was to be launched. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Contact_with_Japanese">Contact with Japanese</h3><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Operation_Rimau&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Contact with Japanese" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <p>On 10 October 1944, two hours before sunset and an hour before the raid was to commence, disaster struck. A coastal Malay Police patrol boat, the <i>Hei Ho</i>, challenged the <i>Mustika</i> near Kasoe Island and Samboe Island. (The Japanese had increased surveillance of the area since Operation Jaywick.) It is unclear why the patrol boat approached the <i>Mustika</i> – various theories offered included: the ship flew the wrong flag; it was a suspicious size; the sailors were identified as white men, and not Malays. </p><p>Shots were fired between the vessels – it was later deduced one of the Australian commandos aboard panicked and started firing at the approaching patrol boat. Some of the patrol boat crew were killed but at least one escaped and managed to get back to report the incident. </p><p>Lyon knew the patrol boat would seek help from Japanese occupation authorities and decided to abort the mission. He scuttled the junk and the Sleeping Beauties (which were top secret weapons at the time) with explosive charges. He then ordered his men to divide into four groups and make their way back to Merapas by use of the folboats that they had stored on <i>Mustika</i>. The groups were led by Lyon, Davidson, Page and Ross. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Attack_on_Singapore_Harbour">Attack on Singapore Harbour</h3><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Operation_Rimau&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Attack on Singapore Harbour" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <p>Three of the groups headed to Merapas immediately. Lyon led his group into Singapore Harbour. It consisted of himself and a small force of six other men — Lieutenant Commander Donald "Davo" Davidson, Lieutenant Bobby Ross, Able Seaman Andrew "Happy" Huston, Corporal Clair Stewart, Corporal Archie Campbell and Private Douglas Warne. </p><p>They are believed to have sunk three ships with limpet mines, although evidence confirming this is limited. </p><p>The Singapore Garrison of the <a href="/wiki/Imperial_Japanese_Army" title="Imperial Japanese Army">Imperial Japanese Army</a> did unleash a punitive force of at least 100 soldiers led by Major Hajime Fujita including army, navy and native police to find the commandoes. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Initial_flight">Initial flight</h3><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Operation_Rimau&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Initial flight" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <p>It is probable that some of the folboat parties stopped on the headland of north-western Batam and left. Batam had been used during ‘Jaywick’ as a hiding place by Davidson in 1943. </p><p>On 14 October 1944 some commandos were reported as being on Pankgil Island (thought now to most likely be Page's group). Japanese soldiers were sent to the island but did not find them. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Battle_of_Soreh_Island">Battle of Soreh Island</h3><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Operation_Rimau&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Battle of Soreh Island" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <p>On 15 October, five of the men (Lyon, Davidson, Ross, Stewart and Campbell) were on Soreah Island, or <a href="/w/index.php?title=Pulau_Asore&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Pulau Asore (page does not exist)">Pulau Asore</a>, a small island just off <a href="/w/index.php?title=Pulau_Mapur&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Pulau Mapur (page does not exist)">Pulau Mapur</a>, near Pankgil Island. </p><p>A Japanese patrol caught up with them and arrived at the island at about 1400 hours and a gun battle ensued. The Australians withdrew to the western end of the northern beach, having selected two defensive positions in an unexposed area. </p><p>The Australians ambushed the Japanese and their native auxiliaries. A gun battle ensued. Davidson and Campbell were severely wounded. Lyon, Ross and Stewart stayed on Soreh to hold off the Japanese in order for the wounded duo to escape. </p><p>Lyon, Ross and Stewart held off 80–90 opposing soldiers forcing them to fight for 9 hours and inflicting heavy casualties. Lyon and Ross had climbed trees for an elevated firing position, and remained unseen until muzzle flashes betrayed their positions and they were killed by grenades. Stewart remained at large, but his folboat was taken and he was found days later on a subsequent sweep of the island. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Tapai_Island">Tapai Island</h3><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Operation_Rimau&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Tapai Island" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <p>The wounded Davidson and Campbell made it by folboat to Tapai Island on 16 October 1944. Both men died there, either from their wounds or committing suicide by cyanide capsule. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Merapas_Island">Merapas Island</h3><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Operation_Rimau&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Merapas Island" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <p>On 4 November eighteen of the group were together on Merapas Island. A small Japanese force landed on the island, and was attacked by the commandos. Two of the Rimau commandos – Riggs and Sergeant Colin Cameron – were killed in combat on the island, while the remainder now split into two groups and went to different islands. </p><p>(The bodies of Riggs and Cameron were discovered on Merapas in 1994.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>) </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Rescue_mission">Rescue mission</h3><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Operation_Rimau&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Rescue mission" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <p>Australian forces intercepted a Japanese coded message reporting activity by about twenty commandos in the attack area. However, if the Australians had responded, it would have shown that the Allies had broken the Japanese secret codes. So the appointed rescue submarine was not told of the sudden urgency of the situation. </p><p>The orders to the commander of the rescue submarine, HMS <i>Tantalus</i>, Lieutenant Commander Hugh Mackenzie, were to go to the rescue rendezvous area of Merapas Island on 7 November 1944, and to remain there until 7 December 1944 if necessary. </p><p>The <i>Tantalus</i> left Australia on 15 October 1944. The orders of the captain stated: </p> <blockquote><p>The Commanding Officer HMS <i>Tantalus</i> is responsible for the safety of the submarine which is to be his first consideration and has discretion to cancel or postpone the operation at any time.... Subject to patrol requirements HMS <i>Tantalus</i> will leave her patrol at dark on 7 November and proceed to the vicinity of Merapas Island.... In the event of the pick up party and the RIMAU party failing to keep the rendezvous for the embarkation, the greatest caution is to be exercised by <i>Tantalus</i>, who should not hesitate to abandon the operation if contact is not re-established, or if he has some reason to suspect that the operation is compromised.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>On 7 November 1944 ten of the Rimau commandos were in place to meet the rescue submarine but it did not appear, as Mackenzie had instead chosen to hunt for enemy shipping in the area. He made this decision in consultation with Major Chapman, Z Special Unit's contact on the submarine. <i>Tantalus</i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s main objective was offensive action against the Japanese and the orders to the Rimau party were that they might expect to be picked up at any time within a month of the initial rendezvous date. </p><p>On 21 November 1944 the submarine reached Merapas Island. Chapman and another commando, Corporal Croton, were worried about the surf and directed their landing folboat around the island to calmer waters, away from the set position at 0200. Chapman wanted to head back to the submarine but Croton drew his pistol and forced Chapman on. </p><p>Croton and Chapman arrived at the designated meeting point after dawn on 22 November 1944. They found some evidence of the commandos having been there – the beginnings of a large lean-to shelter in a clearing at the top of a hill, away from the original base site; empty rations tins; half-cooked food on 'Commando Cookers'; fires seemingly kicked out; a few pieces of silver foil; empty cigarette cartons. They did not question local people about what happened. </p><p>Croton and Chapman returned to the submarine. Chapman and Mackenzie agreed that the operation had likely been a failure and that no purpose could be served in returning to Merapas, contrary to what had been planned. </p><p><i>Tantalus</i> resumed its patrol and arrived back in Fremantle on 6 December 1944 having never returned to Merapas Island. </p><p>None of the officials in Australia who knew that the Rimau commandos were in trouble tried to contact the submarine and order them to remain in the area for any survivors. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Attempted_escape">Attempted escape</h3><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Operation_Rimau&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Attempted escape" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <p>Once the 7 December 1944 final deadline passed, the survivors realised that they would not be rescued. They attempted to make their way home the 3,000-kilometre distance to Australia. </p><p>Over two weeks nearly all the men were either captured, killed in firefights or drowned. </p><p>Two men, Willersdorf and Pace were captured on 17 January 1945 on <a href="/wiki/Romang_(island)" title="Romang (island)">Romang</a> Island, <a href="/wiki/Indonesia" title="Indonesia">Indonesia</a>, some 350–400 miles from Australia after a journey of approximately 2,000 miles by folboat. Willersdorf died of his wounds in Japanese captivity in <a href="/wiki/Dili" title="Dili">Dili</a>, <a href="/wiki/East_Timor" title="East Timor">East Timor</a> in March 1945. Pace died of starvation several months later in June 1945 in the same facility. Both were buried on a hill approximately 200 metres from the prison facility. </p><p>Warne was able to evade Japanese patrols until March 1945 but was captured after a bout of delirium brought on by fever. He was taken to <a href="/wiki/Surabaya" title="Surabaya">Surabaya</a> under the control of the Naval Police and interrogated so brutally he died of untreated wounds one month later. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Capture_and_execution">Capture and execution</h3><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Operation_Rimau&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Capture and execution" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Operation_Rimau_memorial_outside_Kranji_War_Memorial_September_2015.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Operation_Rimau_memorial_outside_Kranji_War_Memorial_September_2015.jpg/220px-Operation_Rimau_memorial_outside_Kranji_War_Memorial_September_2015.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="138" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="4608" data-file-height="2891"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 220px;height: 138px;" data-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Operation_Rimau_memorial_outside_Kranji_War_Memorial_September_2015.jpg/220px-Operation_Rimau_memorial_outside_Kranji_War_Memorial_September_2015.jpg" data-width="220" data-height="138" data-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Operation_Rimau_memorial_outside_Kranji_War_Memorial_September_2015.jpg/330px-Operation_Rimau_memorial_outside_Kranji_War_Memorial_September_2015.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Operation_Rimau_memorial_outside_Kranji_War_Memorial_September_2015.jpg/440px-Operation_Rimau_memorial_outside_Kranji_War_Memorial_September_2015.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a><figcaption>The memorial to Operation Rimau outside the entrance to the Kranji War Memorial</figcaption></figure> <p>In all, eleven members of the contingent were captured and brought to <a href="/wiki/Outram_Prison" title="Outram Prison">Outram Road Prison</a> in Singapore. One commando, Marsh, died of malaria. During the imprisonment the men were tortured and provided starvation rations similar to those provided to other prisoners in the facility. </p><p>On 3 July 1945, they were put on trial for <a href="/wiki/Perfidy" title="Perfidy">perfidy</a> and <a href="/wiki/Espionage" title="Espionage">espionage</a>. They were found guilty and sentenced to death. </p><p>Official Japanese records state that the ten men were <a href="/wiki/Decapitation#Japan" title="Decapitation">beheaded</a> at <a href="/wiki/Pasir_Panjang" title="Pasir Panjang">Pasir Panjang</a> on 7 July 1945, approximately one month before <a href="/wiki/Pacific_War" title="Pacific War">World War II in the Pacific</a> came to an end. Later evidence stated it took guards more than half an hour to execute the men, sometimes requiring two or three blows to complete beheading. </p><p>The men executed were </p> <ul><li>Major Reginald Ingleton,</li> <li>Captain Robert Page,</li> <li>Lieutenant Albert Sargent,</li> <li>Lieutenant Walter Carey,</li> <li>Warrant Officer Alfred Warren,</li> <li>Sergeant David Gooley,</li> <li>Corporal Clair Stewart,</li> <li>Corporal Roland Fletcher,</li> <li>Able Seaman Walter Falls,</li> <li>Lance Corporal John Hardy</li></ul> <p>The bodies were dumped in three unmarked graves. </p><p>Nineteen of the Rimau commandos, including Lyon, are buried at <a href="/wiki/Kranji_War_Memorial" title="Kranji War Memorial">Kranji War Memorial</a> in <a href="/wiki/Singapore" title="Singapore">Singapore</a>. The bodies of two men (Riggs and Cameron) were discovered on <a href="/wiki/Merapas_Island" title="Merapas Island">Merapas Island</a> in 1993 with the help of locals present on the island at the time of their death and transferred to Singapore for burial in August 1994. "<a href="/wiki/The_Highest_Honor" class="mw-redirect" title="The Highest Honor">The Highest Honor</a>" (1982) is a semi-fictionalized Australian / Japanese TV movie about the operation. </p> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(3)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Operation_Rimau&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Notes" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-3 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-3"> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Attestation of 7 Commissioned officers of 'Z' Special Unit that Hoehn folboats were used in Operation Rimau. NAA K1214-123/1/06.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ozatwar.com/sigint/hornbill.htm">"Operations Hornbill, Services Reconnaissance Department (SRD)"</a>. Ozatwar.com<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">6 September</span> 2015</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Operations+Hornbill%2C+Services+Reconnaissance+Department+%28SRD%29&rft.pub=Ozatwar.com&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ozatwar.com%2Fsigint%2Fhornbill.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AOperation+Rimau" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Success_and_failure_in_the_port_of_Singapore—Z_Special_Unit_and_the_Jaywick_and_Rimau_raids-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Success_and_failure_in_the_port_of_Singapore%E2%80%94Z_Special_Unit_and_the_Jaywick_and_Rimau_raids_3-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation cs2"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060429034342/http://www.anzacday.org.au/education/activities/z_special/pdf/z_force.pdf"><i>Success and failure in the port of Singapore—Z Special Unit and the Jaywick and Rimau raids</i></a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>, ANZAC Day, archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.anzacday.org.au/education/activities/z_special/pdf/z_force.pdf">the original</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span> on 29 April 2006</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Success+and+failure+in+the+port+of+Singapore%E2%80%94Z+Special+Unit+and+the+Jaywick+and+Rimau+raids&rft.pub=ANZAC+Day&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.anzacday.org.au%2Feducation%2Factivities%2Fz_special%2Fpdf%2Fz_force.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AOperation+Rimau" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Rimau_Historic_Marker-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Rimau_Historic_Marker_4-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation cs2"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://lynettesilver.com/investigations/rimau-historic-marker/"><i>Rimau Historic Marker</i></a>, Lynette Ramsay Silver OAM, 11 January 2012</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Rimau+Historic+Marker&rft.pub=Lynette+Ramsay+Silver+OAM&rft.date=2012-01-11&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Flynettesilver.com%2Finvestigations%2Frimau-historic-marker%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AOperation+Rimau" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12733278.Two_heroes_to_be_honoured_over_war_raid_on_Japanese/">"Two heroes to be honoured over war raid on Japanese (From Herald Scotland)"</a>. Heraldscotland.com<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">6 September</span> 2015</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Two+heroes+to+be+honoured+over+war+raid+on+Japanese+%28From+Herald+Scotland%29&rft.pub=Heraldscotland.com&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.heraldscotland.com%2Fnews%2F12733278.Two_heroes_to_be_honoured_over_war_raid_on_Japanese%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AOperation+Rimau" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Report on Attempted Pickup of ‘RIMAU’ Party by HMS ‘TANTALUS’, Appendix 1, Operation Order No. 44, Major WW Chapman 12/12/1944. File [Lower South China Sea, Singapore -] RIMAU Reports Copy 1, NAA Item Number A3269, E4/C.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(4)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Operation_Rimau&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: References" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-4 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-4"> <ul><li>Thompson, Peter and Macklin, Robert. (2002). <i>Kill the Tiger: The Truth About Operation Rimau</i>. Hodder. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-7336-1448-4" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-7336-1448-4">978-0-7336-1448-4</a></li> <li>Hoehn, John. (2011). <i>Commando Kayak: The Australian Folboat, Pacific Campaign</i>. hirschbooks.net & ozatwar.com/hoehn . <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-3-033-01717-7" title="Special:BookSources/978-3-033-01717-7">978-3-033-01717-7</a></li></ul> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(5)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Operation_Rimau&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: External links" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-5 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-5"> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=235327&S=198&R=0">"The Official History of the Operations and Administration of] Special Operations - Australia [(SOA), also known as the Inter-Allied Services Department (ISD) and Services Reconnaissance Department (SRD)] Volume 2 - Operations Part 5 p 11-16"</a>. <i>National Archives of Australia</i>. pp. 551–561.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=National+Archives+of+Australia&rft.atitle=The+Official+History+of+the+Operations+and+Administration+of%5D+Special+Operations+-+Australia+%5B%28SOA%29%2C+also+known+as+the+Inter-Allied+Services+Department+%28ISD%29+and+Services+Reconnaissance+Department+%28SRD%29%5D+Volume+2+-+Operations+Part+5+p+11-16&rft.pages=551-561&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Frecordsearch.naa.gov.au%2FSearchNRetrieve%2FInterface%2FViewImage.aspx%3FB%3D235327%26S%3D198%26R%3D0&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AOperation+Rimau" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.mindef.gov.sg/imindef/about_us/history/world_war2/v08n10_history.html">MINDEF Singapore: Operation Rimau</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110601161859/http://www.rendcombian.org.uk/pdfnews/1998.pdf">In Memoriam: Major Reginald “Otto” M. 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