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Line 21: '''Operation Rimau''' was an attack on [[Empire of Japan|Japanese]] shipping in [[Singapore]] Harbour, carried out by an [[Allies of World War II|Allied]] [[commando]] unit [[Z Special Unit]], during [[World War II]] using Australian built Hoehn military MKIII [[folboat]]s.<ref>Attestation of 7 Commissioned officers of 'Z' Special Unit that Hoehn folboats were used in Operation Rimau. NAA K1214-123/1/06.</ref> It was a follow-up to the successful ''[[Operation Jaywick]]'' which had taken place in September 1943, and was again led by Lieutenant Colonel [[Ivan Lyon]] of the [[Gordon Highlanders]], an infantry regiment of the [[British Army]]. Originally part of a much larger operation called ''[[Operation Hornbill (World War Two)|Operation Hornbill]]'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ozatwar.com/sigint/hornbill.htm |title=Operations Hornbill, Services Reconnaissance Department (SRD) |publisher=Ozatwar.com |access-date=6 September 2015}}</ref> the aim of Rimau was to sink Japanese shipping by paddling the folboats in the dark and placing [[Limpet mine|limpet mines]] on ships. It was originally intended that motorised semi-submersible canoes, known as "[[Sleeping Beauty (canoe)|Sleeping Beauties]]", would be used to gain access to the harbour, however, they resorted to folboats. After the raiding party's discovery by local Malay authorities, a total of thirteen men (including raid commander Lyon) were killed during battles with the [[Armed Forces of the Empire of Japan|Japanese military]] at a number of island locations or were captured and died of their wounds in Japanese captivity. A group of ten commandos were transported to [[Outram Prison|Outram Road Jail]] in Singapore after capture by the Japanese, were tried ==Planning== Line 69: * Lance Corporal John Hardy – Infantry and Maintenance; * Able Seaman Walter Falls*; * Able Seaman Andrew Huston*; * Able Seaman Frederick Marsh*; * Private Douglas Warne – Infantry and Maintenance Line 169: ===Capture and execution=== [[File:Operation Rimau memorial outside Kranji War Memorial September 2015.jpg|thumb|The memorial to Operation Rimau outside the entrance to the Kranji War Memorial]] In all, eleven members of the contingent were captured and brought to [[Outram Prison|Outram Road Prison]] in Singapore. One commando, Marsh, died of malaria. During the imprisonment the men were tortured and provided starvation rations similar to those provided to other prisoners in the facility. On 3 July 1945, they were put on trial for [[perfidy]] and [[espionage]]. They were found guilty and sentenced to death. |