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Cocos Islands mutiny
Part of World War II

Map of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands
Date8 May 1942
Location
Cocos (Keeling) Islands
Result British victory
Belligerents

Cocos Islands mutiny United Kingdom

  • Cocos Islands mutiny British Ceylon
Ceylonese mutineers
Commanders and leaders
Cocos Islands mutiny Captain Gardiner Gratien Fernando Executed
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

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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