Coastwatchers
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The Coastwatchers, also known as the Coast Watch Organisation, Combined Field Intelligence Service or Section C, Allied Intelligence Bureau, were Allied military intelligence operatives stationed on r
Solomon Islander scouts display Japanese weapons and flags captured during Carlson's patrol
Jacob C. Vouza
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Sir Jacob Charles Vouza, was a native police officer of the British Solomon Islands Protectorate, who served with the United States Marine Corps in the Guadalcanal campaign during World War II.
Coastwatchers
…however they escaped. In December 1944 McColl was back in the Sepik River region. One of the most highly decorated coastwatchers was Sergeant Major Sir Jacob C. Vouza, who retired from the local constabulary in 1941, volunteered for coastwatcher duty, and was captured and interrogated brutally. He survived and escaped…
Jacob Vouza holding the severed head of a Japanese soldier in Guadalcanal, December 1942.
Sir Jacob Vouza memorial at Honiara, Solomon Islands.
Plaque on the Sir Jacob Vouza memorial at Rove, Honiara Solomon Islands – Battle of Guadalcanal
Second plaque on the Sir Jacob Vouza memorial at Rove, Honiara Solomon Islands – Battle of Guadalcanal