1942 attempted mutiny by British Sri Lankan soldiers on a base in the Cocos/Keeling Islands
Cocos Islands mutiny
Part of World War II
Map of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands
Date
8 May 1942
Location
Cocos (Keeling) Islands
Result
British victory
Belligerents
United Kingdom
British Ceylon
Ceylonese mutineers
Commanders and leaders
Captain Gardiner
Gratien Fernando
Strength
26 men Six-inch (152 mm) guns
15 men 1 Bren light machine gun Six-inch (152 mm) and nine-inch (227 mm) guns
Casualties and losses
1 killed 1 wounded
3 executed 8 imprisoned
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The Cocos Islands mutiny was a failed mutiny by Sri Lankan soldiers against British officers, on the Cocos (Keeling) Islands on 8 May 1942, during the Second World War.
The mutineers attempted to seize control of the islands and disable the British garrison. However, the mutiny was defeated, the mutineers punished, and the three ringleaders executed; the only British Commonwealth servicemen to be executed for mutiny during the Second World War.
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