Operation Sunable was a

military operation A military operation (op) is the coordinated military actions of a state, or a non-state actor, in response to a developing situation. These actions are designed as a military plan to resolve the situation in the state or actor's favor. Operati ...

by Australian forces in

Timor Timor (, , ) is an island at the southern end of Maritime Southeast Asia, in the north of the Timor Sea. The island is Indonesia–Timor-Leste border, divided between the sovereign states of Timor-Leste in the eastern part and Indonesia in the ...

during

World War II World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...

. It consisted of Lieutenant Williams, and Sergeants White, Shand and Curran. The party was inserted into Timor on June 23, 1945. Within hours of its arrival, the party was reported by pro Japanese locals. For the next week it was dogged by Japanese patrols and ambushed three times before Williams was fatally wounded in a fight on 5 July 1945. The other three evaded capture for another week until lack of food and water forced them to surrender. During their various encounters, four Japanese were killed and several more wounded. It was one of a series of disastrous missions Australia sent behind enemy lines in Timor.Silver p 240

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