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I understand that Naval Party 2401 was the name given to the men that established MOLCAB-II.
A MOLCAB was a " ... Mobile Landing Craft Advanced Base ..." They were responsible for " ...the maintenance and first aid repairs of hulls, machinery and armament of landing craft. The total strength of a typical MOLCAB was 36 officers and 374 other ranks, of which the major proportion were Royal Marines, under a Royal Marine Commanding Officer.".
I believe that MOLCAB-II was formed in the Far East ( regret that I do not know exactly where), but somewhere like Trincomalee (Ceylon) would have been probable, and they would then have constantly moved on as the Allies advanced through Burma and Malaya towards Singapore.
ODYSSEY would have acted as his accounting and admin. base, for purposes of pay etc.