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.
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
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
Jacob C. Vouza
…sergeant major. In mid-1942, Japanese forces invaded Guadalcanal. Vouza returned to active duty with the British forces and volunteered to work with the Coastwatchers. Major Martin Clemens, a former British Solomon Islands Protectorate district officer, was the officer in charge of Sergeant Major Vouza's brigade of…
Solomon Islander scouts display Japanese weapons and flags captured during Carlson's patrol