Description
Title: Labuan – Service With 1 Australian Beach Group
Author: McFarlane, George Charles
Condition: Mint
Edition: 1st Edition
Publication Date: 2005
ISBN: 1876439599
Cover: Soft Cover without Dust Jacket – 36 pages
Comments: One of three Oboe operations, the 1945 Australian invasion of Labuan wrestled the island from the Japanese, and secured a base for the capture of British North Borneo. This is the tale of one man’s wartime experiences in the islands to our north.
During World War II the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) formed beach commando units to go ashore with the first wave of amphibious assaults. They would conduct local reconnaissance, signpost the beaches, control boat traffic, and communicate with the maritime forces. These were known as Royal Australian Navy Beach Commandos. They took part in the Borneo campaign.
