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directed the Naval Intelligence Division of the Royal Australian Navy to organise a coastwatching service. Walter Brooksbank, a civil assistant to the Director of Naval Intelligence, worked in the 1920s and 1930s to organise a skeleton service of plantation owners and managers whose properties were
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in a dugout canoe to search for survivors. The two scouts found the men after searching for five days. Lacking paper, Kennedy scratched a message on a coconut describing the plight and position of his crew; Gasa and Kumana then paddled 38 miles (61 km) through Japanese-held waters, at great
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Ferdinand ... did not fight but sat under a tree and just smelled the flowers. It was meant as a reminder to coastwatchers that it was not their duty to fight and so draw attention to themselves, but to sit circumspectly and unobtrusively, gathering information. Of course, like their titular
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In July 2022, Coastwatchers James Burrowes and Ronald George Lee were still living, and were honoured in a wreath-laying ceremony by U.S. Ambassador to Australia Caroline Kennedy (daughter of President Kennedy) and General Mark Milley, Chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff.
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New Zealand developed its own coastwatching scheme from the 1930s. From the outbreak of war, the New Zealand Naval Board controlled coastwatching stations located around the New Zealand coastline and in the eastern Pacific. Stations were established in the
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personal risk, to deliver the message to Evans, who radioed the news to Kennedy's squadron commander. The future US president was rescued shortly afterward, and 20 years later welcomed Evans to the
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did not always recognise this status, and executed several such officers. Escaped Allied personnel and even civilians augmented the coastwatchers' numbers. In one case, three German
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in August 1942, soon after the Allied landings on Guadalcanal. Vouza escaped his Japanese captors and warned the Allies of the surprise Japanese attack at the
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There was an increase of interest in coastwatchers following the election of Kennedy to President in 1960. Coastwatcher characters appeared in films such as
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when it was rammed by a Japanese destroyer. Despite US Navy crews giving up the downed crew as a complete loss, Evans dispatched Solomon Islander scouts
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warning them of an impending Japanese attack. He recovered from his wounds and continued to scout for the Marines. He was awarded the
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The Australian military commissioned many personnel who took part in coastwatcher operations behind enemy lines as officers of the
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The Private War of the Spotters: A History of the New Guinea Air Warning Wireless Company February 1942 – April 1945
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about Japanese warship and air movements (citing the numbers, type, and speed of enemy units) preparing to attack
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When the Japanese overran the Gilbert Islands in 1942, 17 New Zealand coastwatchers were captured. Imprisoned at
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Feldt code-named his organisation "Ferdinand", taking the name from a popular children's book about a bull,
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when Japanese forces began searching the nearby island, and travelled with other coast watchers to the
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to observe enemy movements and rescue stranded Allied personnel. They played a significant role in the
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The coastwatchers saved Guadalcanal and Guadalcanal saved the South Pacific.
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by the United States, and later received a knighthood as well as becoming a
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Solomon Islander scouts display Japanese weapons and flags captured during
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assisted the coastwatchers after escaping Japanese captivity, even though
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Allied military intelligence and early warning operatives during the 1940s
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in strategic locations in northern Australia, the Australian controlled
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For the former aviation division of the Australian Customs Service, see
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One of the most highly decorated coastwatchers was Sergeant Major
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Military units and formations of Australia in World War II
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First Offensive: The Marine Campaign for Guadalcanal
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Index

Coastwatch
National Coastwatch Institution
The Coastwatchers (film)
Cape Expedition

Martin Clemens
Guadalcanal
battle for the island
Solomon Islands
Allied
military intelligence
Pacific islands
World War II
Pacific Ocean theatre
South West Pacific theatre
Guadalcanal campaign
Chapman James Clare
Australian Commonwealth Naval Board
Territory of Papua
British Solomon Islands
Australian military
New Zealand
Pacific Islanders
prisoners of war
Lieutenant Commander
Eric Feldt
Townsville
Queensland
James McManus
Royal Australian Navy

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