Description
Title: Hunted – A Coastwatcher’s Story
Author: Murray, M
Condition: Very Good
Edition: 1st Edition
Publication Date: 1967
ISBN: N/A
Cover: Hard Cover with Dust Jacket – 240 pages
Comments: The author relates the exploits of her husband Captain Murray as a coastwatcher behind enemy lines on the New Guinea island of New Ireland where his task was to observe Japanese movements in World War II, his men battle fearsome jungle conditions and put their lives into the hands of unknown islanders who make it possible for them to operate.
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 remote Pacific islands during World War II to observe enemy movements and rescue stranded Allied personnel. They played a significant role in the Pacific Ocean theatre and South West Pacific theatre, particularly as an early warning network during the Guadalcanal campaign.
There were about 400 coastwatchers in all – they were mostly Australian military officers, New Zealand servicemen, Pacific Islanders and escaped Allied prisoners of war.
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