 Over two weeks nearly all the men were either captured, killed in firefights or drowned.Two men, Willersdorf and Pace were captured on 17 January 1945 on Romang Island, Indonesia, some 350–400 miles from Australia after a journey of approximately 2,000 miles by folboat.Willersdorf died of his wounds in Japanese captivity in Dili, East Timor in March 1945.