Jack wong sue biography of william

Z Special Unit member

Jack Wong Sue, OAM, DCM, JP (12 September 1925 – 16 November 2009), also known as Jack Sue (Chinese: 黄如彩), was a Chinese Australian from Perth, Western Australia.^[3] Wong Sue served as a member of the commando/special reconnaissance section, Z Special Unit,^[4] 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.^[3]

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.^[5] He reached the substantive rank of leading aircraftman,^[1] but acted as a sergeant for an extended period a