COASTWATCHERS Clemens, Warren Frederick Martin

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Clemens ​

• FORENAME

Warren Frederick Martin ​

• UNIT

Coastwatcher,Solomon Islands ​

• RANK

Major ​

• NUMBER

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• AWARD

Military Cross,Legion of Merit (US) ​

• PLACE

Solomon Islands 1942-43 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

born 17.4.1915 Aberdeen,Scotland​

son of Warren and Blanche Clemens​

educated Bedford School​

graduated Christ's College,Cambridge​

Colonial Service 1938​

District Commissioner,St Christobal,British Solomon Islands​

Coastwatcher,Guadalcanal 1942​

British Liaison Officer with 14th US Corps 1942-43​

Deputy District Commissioner,Samaria,Palestine 1946​

District Commissioner,Gaza,Palestine 1947​

District Commissioner,Nicosia + Kyrenia,Cyprus 1948-57​

award O.B.E. 1956​

Defence Secretary,Cyprus 1959-60​

award C.B.E. 1960​

became Australian citizen,Queensland​

director of several companies​

award Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) 1993​

author "Alone on Guadalcanal" (1998)​

married Anne Turnbull (died 2009) (4 children)​

died 31.5.2009 (Aged 94)​

buried Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Springvale, Greater Dandenong City, Victoria, Australia​

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