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Operation Mackerel was an operation carried out in World War Two by the Australian Imperial Force. Three men went ashore on Java in September 1942 to collect information. They were accompanied by two members of the Dutch sub K12. but the mission had to be abandoned early.[1]

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  1. "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 - Part 1 page 3"]. p. 26. https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Gallery151/dist/JGalleryViewer.aspx?B=235327&S=1&N=606&R=0#/SearchNRetrieve/NAAMedia/ShowImage.aspx?B=235327&T=P&S=26. 
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