The Wewak Mission. Coast watchers at War in New Guinea.

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(Ashmore City, Qld.): Lionel Veale, (1996). Roy. 8vo. Orig. illust. boards. (x, 310pp.). With title-vign., num. illusts. and maps. Fine copy. NOTE: The Coastwatchers, also known as the Coast Watch Organisation, Combined Field Intelligence Service or Section ƒ??Cƒ? 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.