| Operation Opossum | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Part of the Japanese occupation of British Borneo during World War II | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Empire of Japan |
 Australia Sultanate of Ternate | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Australia George Bosworth Australia Dick Perry Sultan Muhammad Jabir Syah | |||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
| Z Special Unit | |||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| Unknown | 13 men | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| All | 1 killed | ||||||
Operation Opossum was a World War II raid undertaken by Australia's Z Special Unit in 1945 on the island of Ternate near Borneo to rescue the Sultan of Ternate, Muhammad Jabir Syah.[1]