Battle of Labuan

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Battle_of_Labuan

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:battle
gptkbp:casualties	Australia: 34 killed, 93 wounded Japan: over 389 killed, 11 captured
gptkbp:combatant	gptkb:Australia gptkb:Japan
gptkbp:commander	gptkb:Brigadier_Selwyn_Porter gptkb:Lieutenant_General_Masao_Baba
gptkbp:conflict	gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:date	10–21 June 1945
gptkbp:followedBy	gptkb:Battle_of_North_Borneo
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Battle of Labuan
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Labuan_Island,_British_Borneo
gptkbp:notableUnit	gptkb:2/28th_Battalion_(Australia) gptkb:Royal_Australian_Air_Force gptkb:Japanese_37th_Army gptkb:2/32nd_Battalion_(Australia) gptkb:2/43rd_Battalion_(Australia) gptkb:24th_Brigade_(Australia)
gptkbp:objective	gptkb:Capture_of_Labuan_Island
gptkbp:operator	gptkb:Operation_Oboe_Six
gptkbp:partOf	gptkb:Borneo_campaign_(1945)
gptkbp:precededBy	gptkb:Battle_of_Tarakan_(1945)
gptkbp:result	Allied victory
gptkbp:significance	gptkb:Liberation_of_Labuan_from_Japanese_occupation Secured airfields and port for Allied operations
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Borneo_campaign gptkb:Japanese_occupation_of_Borneo gptkb:Japanese_occupation_of_New_Guinea gptkb:Southwest_Pacific_Area gptkb:South_West_Pacific_Theater gptkb:South_West_Pacific_theatre_of_World_War_II gptkb:Australian_offensive_1944–45
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6