M Special Unit

M Special Unit
Members of M Special Unit with New Guineans, 1945
Active	1943–45
Country	Australia  Netherlands  New Zealand  United Kingdom
Allegiance	Allies
Branch	Military intelligence
Role	Amphibious reconnaissance Bomb disposal Clandestine operation Close-quarters combat HUMINT Irregular warfare Jungle warfare Long-range penetration Military intelligence Mountain warfare Parachuting Raiding Special operations Special reconnaissance Tracking
Part of	SRD, Allied Intelligence Bureau
Engagements	Second World War: New Guinea campaign: Operation Locust Operation Whiting

M Special Unit, was a joint Allied special reconnaissance (special operations capable) unit, part of the Services Reconnaissance Department (SRD), in the South West Pacific theatre of the Second World War. A joint Australian, New Zealand, Dutch and British military intelligence unit, it saw action in New Guinea and the Solomon Islands between 1943–1945, against the Empire of Japan.^[1]