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Z Special Unit operations, organised in alphabetical order

Name Date Location Description Ref(s)
Adder 194* Portugese Timor, now East Timor Partisan phase[1] [2][3][1]
Agas 1 194* Borneo Includes Agas 1 Patrol [4][2][1]
Agas 2 194* Borneo Blah blah [4][2][1]
Agas 3 194* Borneo Blah blah [4][2][1]
Agas 4 194* Borneo Blah blah [4][2][1]
Agas 5 194* Borneo Blah blah [4][2][1]
Ambon 23-A2 194* Timor/Lesser Sundas[1] Cancelled [1]
Anchovy 194* Timor and Timor Sea Air-sea rescue and raids; cancelled [1]
Apache 194* Darwin to Lesser Sundas Mugger Plan [1]
Apple 194* Borneo Blah blah [4]
Apricot 194* Celebes (now Sulawesi) Blah blah [4]
Asparagus 194* New Guinea Blah blah [4]
Bat 194* Darwin to Lesser Sundas Mugger Plan [1]
Beetle 194* New Guinea [1]
Binatang 194* Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia) Blah blah [2]
Blackbird 194* Timor and Timor Sea Air-sea rescue and raids; cancelled [1]
Blackfish 194* Timor and Timor Sea Air-sea rescue and raids; cancelled [1]
Bream 194* Timor Blah blah [4]
Brim (is this a typo for Bream?) 194* Timor and Timor Sea Air-sea rescue and raids. [2][1]
Carp 194* Timor and Timor Sea Air-sea rescue and raids; cancelled [1]
Carpenter 1 194* Malaya[5] Blah blah [2][6][1]
Carpenter 2 194* China Sea and Malaya Blah blah [1]
Carpenter 3 194* China Sea and Malaya Blah blah [1]
Carpenter 4 194* China Sea and Malaya Blah blah [1]
Carrot 194* New Guinea Blah blah [4]
Cobra 194* Portugese Timor, now East Timor Partisan phase[1] [4][2][1]
Cobrexit 194* Timor and Timor Sea Air-sea rescue and raids [1]
Cockroach 194* New Guinea [1]
Cod 194* Timor and Timor Sea Air-sea rescue and raids; cancelled [1]
Copper 194* New Guinea Originally Ash. [2][7][1]
Crane 1 1945 Celebes (now Sulawesi)[8] and Moluccas[1] Possibly in conjunction with Giraffe [2][9][1]
Crane 2 194* Celebes (now Sulawesi) and Moluccas[1] [1]
Crayfish 194* New Guinea Blah blah [4][1]
Crocodile 194* South China Sea Blah blah [2][10][1]
Demo 194* Timor and Timor Sea Air-sea rescue and raids [1]
Dodo 194* New Guinea Uncompleted operation [1]
Falcon 194* New Guinea Uncompleted operation [11][1]
Finch 1 194* Moluccas (now Maluku Islands)[2] and Celebes (now Sulawesi)[1] Blah blah [2][1]
Finch 2 194* Hiri and Ternate Islands[2] Celebes (now Sulawesi) and Moluccas[1] Blah blah [2][1]
Finch 3 194* Friwin, Jariffe and Salawati Islands[2] Celebes (now Sulawesi) and Moluccas[1] Blah blah [2][1]
Finch 4 194* Friwin, Jariffe and Salawati Islands[2] Celebes (now Sulawesi) and Moluccas[1] Blah blah [2][1]
Firtree 194* Ceram (now Seram) Blah blah [4]
Flathead 194* New Guinea Uncompleted operation [1]
Flea 194* Darwin to Lesser Sundas Mugger Plan; cancelled [1]
Flounder 194* Ceram (now Seram)[4] Timor/Lesser Sundas[1] Blah blah [4][1]
Garfish 194* Celebes (now Sulawesi) and Moluccas[1] Cancelled [1]
Giraffe 1 194* Celebes (now Sulawesi)[12] and Moluccas[1] Possibly in conjunction with Crane [2] [13][14][1]
Giraffe 2 194* Celebes (now Sulawesi) and Moluccas[1] [1]
Giraffe 3 194* Celebes (now Sulawesi) and Moluccas[1] [1]
Gnat 194* Darwin to Lesser Sundas Mugger Plan [1]
Gold 194* New Guinea Originally Oregon [15][1]
Goldfish 1 194* Java Blah blah [4]
Goldfish 2 194* Java Blah blah [4]
Groper (sic - is this a typo for Grouper?) 194* Timor and Timor Sea Air-sea rescue and raids [1]
Gunard (sic - is this a typo for Gurnard?) 194* China Sea and Malaya [1]
Hippo 194* Borneo Planned but never launched [16]
Hornet 194* Darwin to Lesser Sundas Mugger Plan [1]
Jaywick 194* Singapore Blah blah [4][2]
Ladybird 194* New Guinea [1]
Lagarto 194* Portugese Timor, now East Timor Partisan phase[1] [4][2][1]
Lagartout 194* Timor and Timor Sea Air-sea rescue and raids [2][1]
Lancer 194* Timor Components of the Lizard parties operated in conjunction with Sparrow Force (or Lancer as it was renamed prior to evacuation) due to operational circumstances, but were a distinct operation in themselves.[1] [2][1]
Lennon 194* New Guinea Uncompleted operation [1]
Lion 194* Celebes (now Sulawesi)[4] Timor/Lesser Sundas[1] Blah blah [4][1]
Lizard 1 194* Portugese Timor, now East Timor Partisan phase.[1] See also Lancer [4][2][1]
Lizard 2 194* Timor Partisan phase.[1] See also Lancer [2][1]
Lizard 3 194* Timor Partisan phase.[1] See also Lancer [2][1]
Locust 194* New Guinea Cancelled [1]
Louse 194* Darwin to Lesser Sundas Mugger Plan; cancelled [1]
Mackerel 194* Java[4] Timor/Lesser Sundas[1] Blah blah [4]
Magpie 1 194* Celebes (now Sulawesi) and Moluccas[1] Blah blah [2][1]
Magpie 2 194* Celebes (now Sulawesi) and Moluccas[1] Cancelled [1]
Magpie 3 194* Celebes (now Sulawesi) and Moluccas[1] Blah blah [1]
Menzies 1944 Dutch East Indies: Netherlands New Guinea: Vogelkop (now Bird's Head Peninsula, West Papua) Blah blah [2][17][1]
Moa 194* New Guinea Uncompleted operation [1]
Mosstroops 1943-1944? New Guinea Septik Valley and Surrounds? [18][1][19]
Oaktree 194* New Guinea Possibly the same as Oak? See Silver. [4]
Oblivion 194* China Sea and Malaya Cancelled [1]
Opossum 194* Halmahera[4] Ternate[20] Blah blah [4][21]
Optician 194* China Sea and Malaya[1] In conjunction with Politician [2][1]
Parsnip 194* Java Blah blah [4]
Perch 1944 Dutch East Indies: Netherlands New Guinea: Vogelkop (now Bird's Head Peninsula, West Papua) Blah blah [2][22][1]
Period 194* China Sea and Malaya Cancelled [1]
Phoenix 1 194* New Guinea Uncompleted operation [1]
Phoenix 2 194* New Guinea Uncompleted operation [1]
Pigeon 194* Timor and Timor Sea Air-sea rescue and raids; cancelled [1]
Pine Needle 194* Majoei Islands (between Celebes (now Sulawesi) and Halmahera) Blah blah [4]
Platypus 1 (Robin) 1945 Borneo Blah blah [2][1]
Platypus 2 1945 Borneo Blah blah [1]
Platypus 3 1945 Borneo Blah blah [1]
Platypus 4 1945 Borneo Blah blah [1]
Platypus 5 1945 Borneo Blah blah [1]
Platypus 6 1945 Borneo Blah blah [1]
Platypus 7 1945 Borneo Blah blah [1]
Platypus 8 1945 Borneo Blah blah [1]
Platypus 9 1945 Borneo Blah blah [1]
Platypus 10 1945 Borneo Blah blah [1]
Platypus 11 1945 Borneo Blah blah [1]
Platypus 12 1945 Borneo Blah blah [1]
Politician 194* South China Sea[10] China Sea and Malaya[1] In conjunction with Optician [2][10][1]
Poppy 194* Java Blah blah [4]
Portolizard 194* Portugese Timor, now East Timor Partisan phase[1] [2][1]
Potato 194* Java Blah blah [4]
Python 1 194* Borneo Blah blah [2]
Python 2 194* Borneo Blah blah
Radish 194* New Guinea Blah blah [4]
Raven 1945 North Celebes (now Sulawesi)[23] and Moluccas[1] Possibly in conjunction with Shrill [2] [24][1]
Reaper 194* New Guinea Blah blah [25][1]
Rimau 194* Singapore Blah blah [4][2]
Robin 1945 Borneo: Balikpapan See Platypus 1 [2][26]
Roc 194* New Guinea Uncompleted operation [1]
Salmon 194* Damar Islands[4] Timor and Timor Sea[1] Air-sea rescue and raids; cancelled[1] [4][1]
Scorpion 194* New Britain[4] New Guinea[27][1] Blah blah [4][1]
Semut 1 194* Borneo: Sarawak Blah blah [4][2][1]
Semut 2 194* Borneo: Sarawak Blah blah [4][2][1]
Semut 3 194* Borneo: Sarawak Blah blah [4][2][1]
Semut 4 194* Borneo: Sarawak Blah blah [2][10][1]
Shark 194* New Guinea Blah blah [4]
Shrill 1945 Celebes (now Sulawesi)[28] and Moluccas[1] Possibly in conjunction with Raven [2][29][1]
Silver 194* New Guinea Originally Oak; cancelled [1]
Socrates 194* New Guinea Uncompleted operation [1]
Sounder 194* Timor and Timor Sea Air-sea rescue and raids [1]
Spider 194* New Guinea [1]
Squirrel 1945 Borneo: Tarakan Blah blah [2][1]
Stallion 1 194* Borneo Blah blah [2][1]
Stallion 2 194* Borneo Blah blah [1]
Stallion 3 194* Borneo Blah blah [1]
Stallion 4 194* Borneo Blah blah [1]
Stallion 5 (Gelding) 194* Borneo Blah blah [1]
Stallion 6 (Mare) 194* Borneo Blah blah [1]
Stallion 7 194* Borneo Blah blah [1]
Stallion 8 194* Borneo Includes Filly Party, Colt Party and Foal Party [1]
Starfish 1945 Lombok[2] Timor and Timor Sea[1] Air-sea rescue and raids[1] [2][1]
Starling 194 Timor Blah blah [30]
Sunable 194* Timor and Timor Sea Air-sea rescue and raids [4][2][1]
Sunbaker 194* Timor and Timor Sea Air-sea rescue and raids [4][2][1]
Suncharlie 194* Timor and Timor Sea Air-sea rescue and raids [4][2][1]
Suncob 194* Timor and Timor Sea Air-sea rescue and raids [4][2][1]
Sundog 194* Timor and Timor Sea Air-sea rescue and raids: Sundog Raid [4][2][1]
Sunfish 194* Timor and Timor Sea Air-sea rescue and raids [4][2][1]
Sunlag 194* Timor and Timor Sea Air-sea rescue and raids [4][2][1]
Swallow 194* Loloda Islands[2] Celebes (now Sulawesi) and Moluccas[1] Blah blah [2][1]
Swift 194* Loloda Islands[2] Celebes (now Sulawesi) and Moluccas[1] Blah blah [2][1]
Tick 194* New Guinea [1]
Tiger 1 194* Java[4] Timor/Lesser Sundas[1] Blah blah [4][1]
Tiger 2 194* Java[4] Timor/Lesser Sundas[1] Blah blah [4][1]
Tiger 3 194* Java[4] Timor/Lesser Sundas[1] Blah blah [4][1]
Tiger 4 194* Java[4] Timor/Lesser Sundas[1] Blah blah [4][1]
Tiger 5 194* Java[4] Timor/Lesser Sundas[1] Blah blah [4][1]
Tiger 6 194* Java[4] Timor/Lesser Sundas[1] Blah blah [4][1]
Toad 194* Borneo Uncompleted operation [31][1]
Trout 1 194* New Guinea Blah blah [4]
Trout 2 194* New Guinea Blah blah [4]
Turnip 1 194* Damar Islands Blah blah [4]
Turnip 2 194* Damar Islands Blah blah [4]
Vulture 194* Borneo Uncompleted operation [32][1]
Walnut 1 194* Aru Islands[4] Timor/Lesser Sundas [1] Blah blah [4][1]
Walnut 2 194* Aru Islands[4] Timor/Lesser Sundas[1] Blah blah [4][1]
Walnut 3 194* Timor/Lesser Sundas[1] Blah blah [1]
Wasp 194* Darwin to Lesser Sundas Mugger Plan [1]
Whiting 194* New Guinea Blah blah [4][1]

Notes

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  • Sparrow Force was an Independent Company (Commandos) unit/command, not an operation, as incorrectly stated in Silent Feet.
  • Courtney Silent Feet mentions Operation Oboe: not sure this was Z Special Unit operation (see Operation Oboe Six).

References

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