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1941
Japanese forces landed at Penang, Malaya, in their drive down the Malay peninsula.
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1944
HMAS Napier provided support for Allied troop attacks around St Martins Island, Burma, with close-range gunfire.
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1944
In the largest operation of its type, twenty-four RAAF PBY Catalina aircraft took off from Leyte to mine Manila Bay. One failed to return resulting in the loss of nine personnel.