Read, William John "Jack"

Date of birth:: September 18th, 1905 (Hobart/Tasmania, Australia)
Date of death:: June 29th, 1992 (Ballarat/Victoria, Australia)
Service number:: VX95356
Nationality:: Australian

Biography

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Distinguished Service Cross (DSC)

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Lieutenant
Awarded on:: October 7th, 1942

"For extraordinary heroism in connection with military operations against an armed enemy as a Coast Watcher in action against enemy forces in the Southwest Pacific Area during the period from 16 March 1942 to 1 October 1942. (A complete citation of the actions for which the award to this officer is made cannot be published at this time for reasons of military secrecy).
NOTE: No evidence of a subsequent complete citation is available. Lieutenant Read was a Coast Watcher (Project Ferdinand). He manned an outpost overlooking the Buka Passage on the north side of Bogainville Island for the period specified in his citation, reporting daily on Japanese air and ship activity."

Headquarters: South West Pacific Area, General Orders No. 41

Sources

- Foreign Nationals - Home of Heroes