Operation Lagarto was an Australian military operation in Timor during World War Two in 1943. It was run by the Services Reconnaissance Department.[1]
The Naval component of the mission was named Operation Mosquito.
The operation was ambushed and captured. Japanese intelligence used information from the mission to lure other Australian commandos to Timor where they were captured and killed.[2]
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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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