Category: Coastwatchers, New Zealand, World War II

Categories: Allied Intelligence Bureau, Australia, World War II | New Zealand, World War II

The Coastwatchers, also known as the Coast Watch Organisation, were an element of Combined Field Intelligence Service or Section C, Allied Intelligence Bureau, under the direct command of General Macarthur's General Headquarters (GHQ). They were Allied military intelligence operatives stationed on remote Pacific islands during the Second World War 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. More than 600 Coastwatchers served in the Australian Mandated New Guinea Territories and British Solomon Island Protectorate. Thirty eight Coastwatchers died in service, most by execution.

• Department of Veterans' Affairs Anzac Portal: The Coastwatchers 1941-1945; accessed 27 Apr 2022.
• Lindsay, Patrick. The Coast Watchers: The Men Behind Enemy Lines Who Saved the Pacific. Random House, North Sydney, 2011. ISBN 978 1 74275 312 6.
• Wikipedia: Coastwatchers; acccessed 27 Apr 2022.

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