Summary Part of South Asia and South East Asia Week on WW2TV Lynette Silver is one of Australia's most renowned historians and writers, her main interest being investigating various aspects of Australian history. In 2019 she was made a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in the Australia Day Honours for "significant service to the community through historical battlefield tours and commemorative services". On 2nd September 1943, the 68 ton Kofuku Maru, a Chinese made junk crewed by men of the Services Reconnaissance Department, the parent organisation of the famed Z Special Unit left Australia bound for Singapore, deep inside Japanese controlled waters. By the time they returned nearly seven weeks later, the crew of 14 had carried out one of the most famous clandestine raids in Australian history. Much has been written about this raid - codenamed Operation Jaywick and its follow up called Operation Rimau. There was even a mini-series shown around the World in 1989. Much of the information shared about these Singapore raids is either exaggerated or plain wrong. Lynette is here to set the record straight.

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