Operation Cobra was a military operation by Australia's Services Reconnaissance Department during World War Two in Timor in 1944. A team of five soldiers were inserted on to Japanese occupied Timor
It consisted of Captain Cashman, radio operator E.J. Liversidge, and three native Timorese, Sergeant Paulo da Silva, Sergeant Cosme Soares and Sergeant Sancho da Silva. They did not know the prior Operation Lagarto had been captured and compromised and the troops were captured.[1][2]
The naval component of the campaign was known as Operation Bulldozer.
Liversidge died on 20 November 1944.[3] Cashman survived.[4]
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Australian Commando raids of the Second World War
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Timor |
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New Guinea |
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Borneo |
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Singapore |
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Other Pacific |
- Townsville raid (1943)
- Operation Copper (1945)
- Operation Opossum (1945)
- Operation Walnut
- Operation Apple (1945)
- Operation Lion
- Operation Apricot
- Operation Flounder
- Operation Firtree
- Operation Turnip
- Operation Salmon
- Operation Mackerel
- Operation Tiger
- Operation Poppy
- Operation Parsnip
- Operation Potato
- Operation Goldfish
- Operation Pine Needle
- Operation Crayfish
- Operation Trout
- Operation Shark
- Operation Carrot
- Operation Radish
- Operation Asparagus
- Operation Bream
- Operation Binatang
- Operation Carpenter
- Operation Crane
- Operation Crocodile
- Operation Finch
- Operation Giraffe
- Operation Magpie
- Operation Menzies
- Operation Politician
- Operation Raven
- Operation Robin
- Operation Shrill
- Operation Squirrel
- Operation Stallion
- Operation Starfish
- Operation Swallow
- Operation Swift
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Non-Pacific Theatres |
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Proposed |
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