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Japanese. Luz manage to escape. Ellwood was captured along with the others. The Japanese beat Ellwood and managed to get him to operate his set, giving messages to SRD. He gave false messages to SRD who did not seem to notice anything strange.
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222:"[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 1 page 23-34A"
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informant net to cover enemy movements, and report on enemy activities. He was accompanied by:
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509:Operation Wasp (1942, abandoned)
438:Operation Carp (1945, abandoned)
360:Operation Flea (1944, abandoned)
441:Operation Cod (1945, abandoned)
202:Silver, Lynette Ramsay (1990).
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551:Operation Reaper (1944)
500:Operation Beetle (1942)
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102:Royal Australian Navy.
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548:Operation Perch (1944)
286:Operation Tiger (Java)
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557:Operation Gold (1944)
512:Operation Tick (1942)
465:Operation Demo (1945)
357:Operation Gnat (1944)
354:Operation Wasp (1944)
183:Powell, Alan (1996).
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515:Operation Bug (1942)
391:Operation Suncharlie
132:"A Small South Pole"
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810:Operation Guidance
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617:Operation Python 2
611:Operation Python 1
596:Operation Flathead
593:Operation Socrates
570:Operation Crayfish
537:Operation Scorpion
451:Operation Binatang
445:Operation Starfish
385:Operation Sunbaker
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298:Operation Flounder
280:Operation Mackerel
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531:Operation Whiting
525:Operation Oaktree
486:Heath's Farm Raid
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373:Operation Sunfish
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519:Operation Locust
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