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1941
Six Australian warships were involved in Operation DEMON, the evacuation of Allied personnel from Greece.
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1943
Japanese submarine I-26 torpedoed and sank the merchant ship Limerick off Cape Byron, NSW.
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1943
A Catalina Flying boat crashed while dropping supplies to Coastwatchers on Bougainville Island. The pilot and two crew were killed. The survivors reached the Coastwatchers camp and were evacuated by submarine.
