Z Special Unit Operation Starfish Lieutenant Lawrence Black. Front Page Time Magazine . Operation starfish 3 men led by lieutenant Lawrence Black OAM travelled to Lombok in an American submarine, before spending over a months surveying the Japanese infested island behind enemy lines 2 returned alive, sadly the other 2 was beheaded by the Japanese. The mission was to find where all 5 1/2 inch diameter circumference German gun placements were, controlled by Japanese forces and used to take out allies submarines passing through Pacific to Indian Ocean. Indonesia Lombok Strait connects the Indian Ocean to Java Sea between the famous tourist location, the Hindu island of Bali and the Muslim Lombok island of Indonesia, this Country is made up of many islands the mainland has the capital Jakarta and Gili Islands are on the Lombok side. Australian special force Operation Starfish Lombok Indonesia ww2 secret mission lead by Australian Lieutenant Lawrence Black Z force commando . Lawrence Black was commissioned at a young age 21 and at the end of World War II when Japanese surrendered. Black lead the last operation for the Z force unit, destroying supply weapons and fuel at secret Z locations in the Indian Ocean, Black was known to his mates as Lawrie and was promoted in the field to Lieutenant, these days it can help to know someone come from money, helps to pay for your military officer Academy. Submarine USS Rock SS-274 Gato-class submarine under command of Robert A. Keating took the Lieutenant Lawrie Black and 3 Z men under his command on a very secret and dangerous mission, to Indonesia Lombok in operations starfish. The commander was noted for his brave deeds during ww2. The President of the United States of America presented the Navy Cross to Commander Robert Allen Keating, the second highest Navy award in the United States. Black was promoted in the field to Lieutenant, these days it can help to know someone or come from money to help hope pay for your military officer Academy. Lawrie one of Australia’s great Z force unit heroes no wonder he was on the front page of Time magazine 18 July 1983 . Black was one of the first orders of Australia for his volunteer charitable hard work with the charity known as Legacy, that was set up to help weirdos of Australian soldiers that never returned home because of their death during ww2. Lawrie was offered a job in Australia and would go back to Japan to purchase toys from an American company, as the Americans was rebuilding war torn Japan. He had to move to the state of Victoria as he was previously in Queensland training at Fraser island. Lawrie’s best mate after the Second World War in Melbourne where his work took him was Dr Gardner a pilot in the Battle of Britain....
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