Operation Lagoon ceases, and HMA Ships TOBRUK, (landing ship heavy), and SUCCESS, (auxiliary oiler replenishment), depart from Bougainville and return to Australia. The peace conference that they had been supporting had failed to reach a successful conclusion, and after the departure of the SPPKF, the fighting between the PNG Defence Force and the Bougainville Revolutionary Army (BRA) re-commenced.
Australian Naval History on 17 October 1994
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