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Jack Wong Sue （黃如彩）OAM, DCM, JP (12 September 1925 – 16 November 2009), also known as Jack Sue, was a Chinese Australian from Perth, Western Australia.〔http://www.jackwongsue.com/about_jack_sue.htm〕 Wong Sue served as a member of the commando/special reconnaissance section, Z Special Unit,〔http://australiansall.com.au/archive/post/mind-your-language-mr-howard/〕 during the Second World War and was decorated with the Distinguished Conduct Medal. After the war, Wong Sue was a businessman, owning a diving store in the Perth suburb of Midland. He was also an author, a guide for tours of Borneo and a musician, who performed with bands in Perth for about 60 years.〔 ==War service== On 25 September 1943, Wong Sue joined the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). During 1945, Wong Sue was among members of Z Special Unit who landed in Borneo, as part of Operation Agas 3.〔Agas is a Malay word for "gnat". Agas 3 was also known as Phase IV of Operation Stallion. (Ooi Keat Gin, "Prelude to invasion: covert operations before the re-occupation of Northwest Borneo, 1944–45" ), ''Journal of the Australian War Memorial'' (No. 37, October 2002)〕 He reached the substantive rank of Leading Aircraftsman,〔(【引用サイトリンク】''WW2 Nominal Roll, WONG SUE, JACK'' )〕 but acted as a Sergeant for an extended period and was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal (DCM).〔(【引用サイトリンク】It's an Honour website )〕 In 2010, Australian military historian Lynette Silver disputed claims made by Wong Sue in his memoirs and said that official archives prove that he "lied". In particular, she questioned Wong Sue's claims that he: * Single-handedly killed a group of Japanese soldiers at Terusan, Borneo in May 1945, thereby saving the life of Lieutenant Don Harlem, as there were no enemy personnel in the area at the time; * Took part in a raid on the Japanese garrison at Pitas on 13 June 1945, as he is not named in records of the action, and; * Witnessed the last Sandakan Death March as he was in hospital when it occurred and was elsewhere when the other marches took place. In early 2011, Jack Wong Sue's son, Barry, released a report which he stated refuted the claims made by Silver against his father.〔http://www.scribd.com/doc/48076498/Silver-vs-Jack-Wong-Sue-Report〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jack Wong Sue」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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