Liberation of Labuan from Japanese occupation

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Liberation_of_Labuan_from_Japanese_occupation
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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:military_operation
gptkbp:casualties Australian: 34 killed, 93 wounded
Japanese: over 389 killed, 11 captured
gptkbp:combatant gptkb:Australia
gptkb:Empire_of_Japan
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Lieutenant_General_Masao_Baba
Brigadier S. H. W. C. Porter
gptkbp:conflict gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:date 10 June 1945 – 15 June 1945
gptkbp:followedBy Allied administration of Labuan
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Liberation of Labuan from Japanese occupation
gptkbp:involvedIn 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:location Labuan, British Borneo
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Battle_of_Labuan
gptkbp:objective gptkb:Capture_of_Labuan_Island
Securing Brunei Bay
gptkbp:operator gptkb:Operation_Oboe_Six
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Borneo_campaign_(1945)
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Japanese_occupation_of_Labuan
gptkbp:result Allied victory
gptkbp:significance Helped liberate Borneo from Japanese control
Secured a base for further operations in Borneo
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Battle_of_Labuan
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7