LIEUTENANT H.E. CARSE, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVAL VOLUNTEER RESERVE, COMMANDER OF MV KRAIT, THE ...

Place Asia: Singapore, Singapore Harbour
Accession Number 045406
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Glass copy negative
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

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Description

LIEUTENANT H.E. CARSE, ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVAL VOLUNTEER RESERVE, COMMANDER OF MV KRAIT, THE VESSEL WHICH TRANSPORTED THE OPERATIVE PARTY OF OPERATION JAYWICK FROM AUSTRALIA TO THE VICINITY OF SINGAPORE AND BACK. OPERATION JAYWICK WAS CONDUCTED FROM 1943-09-01 TO 1943-10-19 AND INVOLVED A CLANDESTINE ATTACK BY A GROUP OF SIX ALLIED OPERATIVES AGAINST JAPANESE SHIPPING AT SINGAPORE.