Australian special forces Lawrence Black Famous Australian Special Forces Officer.
Australian special forces Black Australian hero special forces Lieutenant Z Special unit NX105873 Intelligence field operatives. Australian Icon Black lead the very dangerous commando operation, code name Starfish to Indonesia. Many years after World War II Lawrence Black receive the honour OAM Order of Australia , for his never ending volunteer work with Red Cross, the Salvation Army and the State RSL and Army. Lawrence helped the charity legacy which financially helped widows and children of Australian soldiers who were killed in action. Black was just an all-round great guy help his family members, like Von Black his brother Harold wife establish her first business. Lawrence also played a big role on a repatriation board in Melbourne. Recommended by the governor general on the 24-6-1946 distinguished service in south west Pacific Asia. Other awards Australian War Memorial RCDIG1068963 Promulgated in London Gazette on 6-3-1947. Promulgated in Commonwealth of Australia cassette on 6-3-1947. L. S. Black Served with 3rd HQ Signals Armoured Division Defence Special Unit.
If you were an enemy of Australian special forces, it was a black day if you met this Australian special forces officer commando.
Australian special forces Lawrence Sydney Black male Australian OAM special forces on front page of most famous US magazine in the world the Time.
L Black retired from Veterans Review Board on his 65th birthday and continued to work for the RSL with the State Victorian president Bruce Ruxton & Blacks good friend Dr Gardner who was a pilot in the battle of Britain. Lawrence received the US submarine combat pin, because he had been inserted by American submarine named the rock behind Japanese lines. Gentleman and officer who was one of the last soldiers to received his rank during combat duty, hands-on officer he had plenty of practical experience. Today Australian offices are trained at military college and have no war experience or practical experience all theory. Lawrence passed away at the age of 86 of a heart attack at Sandringham Hospital in the city of Melbourne Australia.
Australian Special Forces Afghanistan.
Some Australian special forces have been accused of the oldest trick in the book, also used by many bad police around the world. In this case allegations the same AK-47 fully automatic Russian military rifle was used against Australian special forces. This AK-47 was pictured with the bodies of 2 different civilians killed in 2012 at Shina by Australian special forces. Most bad and stupid Australian special force war-criminal get caught, they used to face the firing squad some when to prison. Smart war criminals cover their tracks well so don’t get caught and no jail prison sentence no firing squad. They say about $830 billion US taxpayers money spent by the U.S. Defense Department on the war, training Afghani troops reconstruction.
Thanks to Australian special forces and military and all that hard earned Australian tax payers money, now the old Afghan Chiefs have Australian military equipment seized or left behind. Afghani troops ride in first world high tech military 4×4 drives, luxury American made Humvees. Now the old Afghan Chiefs and their soldiers have American design famous M-16s, can take out an Australian special forces soldier much easier then the old Russian AK-47 fully automatic rifle the Afghans had, prior the 20 years US intervention and Australian special forces and military.
Australian special forces died in Afghanistan for what tax payers money down the gurgler, Pakistan Taliban must be laughing. Media says Biden addressed the Saigon parallels. Many Australian conscripts forced to go to war in Vietnam remember the chaos state of anarchy left behind, people lifted from the roof of an US embassy in Saigon Vietnam. US soldiers being sent to Afghanistan to evacuate embassy staff from Kabul. As the previous old leaders Afghanistan perform amazing blitz screen towards the Capital of Kabul, must be very painful for Australian special forces, memories of the fall of they fail war in Saigon as well, knowing and worked with Afghanistan and becoming very good mates but now abandoned many could be tortured and executed as traders. Claims the captured Afghanistan’s second city Kandahar has fallen, only small pockets of territory under government control.
Australian Commando Lieutenant Lawrence S Black received MiD gallant meritorious action facing Japanese enemy. Lawrence name appears in military official report sent to the high command.
Australian special forces famous Australian hero Lawrence Sydney Black AOM Portrait in offices uniform 75 years ago.
Lawrence Sydney Black Z Special Unit of the Services Reconnaissance Department, was the forerunner of today’s Australian special forces or SAS. Black was a volunteer and enlisted in the Australian army in 1942 at the age of 21 but later on he was asked by an officer, as he was selected to join a group of soldiers. Black did not know he was volunteering to join the SAS, none of the new they were going to be special forces and work behind enemy lines.
Lawrence narrowly escaped beheading by the Japanese enemy in World War II, as the Lieutenant lead operation Starfish behind enemy lines to Indonesia, the island opposite Bali now a very famous tourist location. Lombok island was where Black and the commander landed, two of the commandos were caught because they were wounded and could not escape.
Black and another soldier were chased for days by hundreds of Japanese soldiers, before they escaped as they were able to contact by radio the crew of a Catalina flying boat. At the end of the war some Australians went back to Indonesia Lombok to bring back the remains of the two soldiers, unfortunately found remains they had been beheaded. Ironic today’s Bali is maybe still the most popular overseas tourist resort for Australians, and Lombok Straits has possibly one of the longest surf breaks in the world that many Australians today visit and love to surf. At the end of the war Black conducted the last operation for Australian special forces destroying supply at very secret locations in the Indian Ocean. He was discharged in December 1945, still served to October 1946 as a troop instructor for Australian troops to Japanese Occupation Force.
Lawrence brother Hal and Hal’s wife Veronica Black new Lawrence well in Melbourne, they could not speak any higher of hero Lawrence, specially regarding all his charity work.
Image photograph of famous Australian hero Lawrence Sydney Black operation behind enemy lines seek and destroy enemies weapons.
Lawrence A Gentleman And Officer Later Executive.
June 1946 he married Joyce Clayton and after the war joined Coles in Sydney and was quickly promoted to executive at company’s head office in Melbourne as he moved from Sydney to Victoria. Ironic he was sent to Japan a few times after the war to purchase toys for Coles, and met and talked to men that were the old enemy. Lawrence Black said they all got along very well no problems.
Famous Australian OAM Lawrence Sydney Black retired civilian.
Famous Australian Lawrence Sydney Black AOM during operation starfish in Indonesia WW2.
Lawrence Black received American submarine pin medal.
Photograph Lawrence Black and 2 of his 3 brothers below on the same war memorial Plack, all 3 of Lawrence brothers served in World War II. Lawrence third brother Harold passed away in 2021 the age of 97. Harold Black was the person who originally found all his 3 brothers separate plaques, with only single names in different positions in the cemetery. Harold contact the correct body and with a lot of correspondence letters asked to have the 3 brothers all placed on one Plack in one location.
When the last brother passed away in 2021, Harold last wish was for his oldest daughter Carol Black, that took care of most of her parents affairs in the last years of her father’s life. Contacted the correct authority to have her father’s wishes details placed on the same World War II memorial Plack. Unfortunately Carol’s request was knock back even though Harold also fitted the same criteria as his other 3 brothers.
Lawrence Sydney Black OAM Australian special forces officer hero icon. Business executive 18-7-923 – 8-12-2009 died of heart attack at Sandringham hospital age 86.
Lawrence Brothers In Arms Rest In Peace.
Australian special forces hero Lawrence Sydney Black, Australian OAM the last military Australian offices promoted in the field.
Carol contacted the review board so hopefully the review board will grant Harold Black his last dying wishes? Most Australian citizens would think Harold World War II effort and details will be on the same Plack as his brothers in arms in the famous Memorial war Gardens in Sydney Australia. But no wonder so many diggers are rolling in their graves and did not care about having funerals or what happened to there ashes, as many thought they army mates that died in wars that fought for our freedom. Were simply ripped off and wasted their lives what freedom now. Lawrence Black left in his will for his next of kin, to never mind about his ashes at the crematorium and just flush them down the toilet.
Harold identical twin details NX171577 Gunner Colin.A. Black 2/3 T/A regiment R.A.A age 82 12.9.2007. Harold W Black 2/3 ANTITANK REGIMENT age 97 2021. Harold along with Colin served in Papua New Guinea and Borneo both witnessed involved in battle against the Japanese in WW2. The other brother R J Black NX207625 private 65 INF Battalion battalion 23. 1. 2010 age 82. And last of all Lawrence Sydney Black Australian special forces NX105873 Lieutenant 8.12.2009 age 86.
Australian special forces Operation starfish 3 men led by lieutenant Black 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.
This photograph of Australian special forces, it used to take centre position in the middle of L Black lounge room table rare photograph. Lucky lieutenant L Black had his lucky opal charm, he was to fly to Townsville to go on this operation, flights could get delayed in war time. In this case it did so Black missed going on the operation. They all got caught by Japanese, this is the day of execution by beheading.
Photographs taken by RAAF of L Black special forces dagger.
Special Forces Blacky OAM Was A Commando.
Australian special forces in 1942 late afternoon on the 9th ww2 came to Lombok Island Indonesia the Japanese need it to prevent entry access from Australia Navy personnel and military forces returning to Singapore through Lombok channel, between Bali and Lombok. This is the only deep water passage from Indian Ocean to the Java sea. The Japanese military could prevent American and all submarines including British Dutch and Australians, travelling back and forwards to each other’s country. The fast sometimes very dangerous Ocean current’s force submarines to surfers. Japanese virtually control the oceans in south-east Asia to Australia. Japanese slave labour was forced to dig 3 caves, 2 on the hills around Lombok Island had big German made cannons, battery in placement with reinforced concrete. The third cave was for storage supplies food ammunition and dormitory for Japanese soldiers. There was another 2 big cannons 1 position at south west Lombok coast at a place called Bangok Bangko. Another battery placement on the hill of Gili Trawangan looking out towards today is very famous international tourist location of Bali. The Japanese were able to defend the island as they had mini machine gun emplacements everywhere, Japanese fighter zeros planes patrolled the skies regularly along with Navy patrols of the islands.
Submarine the US Rock that took the four Z men to Lombok in ww2 operations starfish. USS Rock SS-274 Gato-class submarine under command of Robert A. Keating who took the Rock on its daring Operation Starfish mission. 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.
About Black he was happy to be called Lori and his only son David Black kindly donate all his famous fathers WW2 Australian special forces photographs, taken by the RAAF of his escape out of Indonesia and off Lambok, the secret mission Lieutenant Black lead to Indonesia Lambok Island to seek and later have to destroy the Japanese battery of big guns. The Japanese big guns could take out allies shipping passing the straight of Lombok to Australia. Lori silk maps and Japanese occupation money and servile kit gave to the Australian Commando Association. David kept his fathers dagger but he should pass that on also.
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