Vial, Leigh Grant "Golden Voice"

Date of birth:: February 28th, 1909 (Melbourne/VIC, Australia)
Date of death:: April 30th, 1943 (Benabena, Papua New Guinea)
Buried on:: Commonwealth War Cemetery Lae
Plot: D. Row: D. Grave: 9.
Service number:: 253939
Nationality:: Australian (1901-present, Federal Monarchy)

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Distinguished Service Cross (DSC)

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Pilot Officer
Awarded on:: September 12th, 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 15 February 1942 to 13 August 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. Pilot Officer Vial was a Coast Watcher (Project Ferdinand). He manned an outpost in the hills above the Salamua airfield on New Guinea for the period specified in his citation, reporting daily on Japanese aircraft activity."

Headquarters: South West Pacific Area, General Orders No. 33

Sources

- Foreign Nationals - Home of Heroes
- Virtual War Memorial | Leigh Grant (Golden Voice) VIAL