Destroyer HMAS Napier and Nepal arrived at Akyab, Burma for the invasion of the region. On arrival they found that the enemy had withdrawn so LCDR J. M. Ramsay, RAN, of HMAS NAPIER embarked in ML 829 for a reconnaissance of the harbour. Later he was rowed ashore and raised a Union Jack on a telegraph pole on the wharf. He was the first Allied officer to enter the port since its surrender to the Japanese in May 1942.
Australian Naval History on 3 January 1945
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