MARTIN CLEMENS PHOTOS

B/W photos are courtesy of Coastwatcher Mr. Martin Clemens
April 17th 1915 - May 31st 2009
EVERY JOURNEY STARTS WITH THE FIRST STEP,AS THEY SAY. MARTINS TICKET TO TULAGI IN 1938. NOTE THE DATE - WHAT A DIFFERENCE A YEAR MAKES.MARTIN CLEMENS BEING DEBRIEFED AFTER JOINING THE MARINESJAPANESE RECON PHOTO OF KUKUM BEACH AFTER THEIR INITIAL LANDING.NOTE JAPANESE BARGES ON THE BEACH.AOLA PLANTATION DOCKS NOV 42AOLA PLANTATIONHMAS CANBERRA, SUNK OFF SAVO ISLAND IN 1942HMAS CANBERRA IN 1938NEWSPAPER REPORT AND MARTINS COMMENT.MARTIN AND SCOUTSSHIP AT MAKAMBO ISLAND IN TULAGI HARBOUR. TULAGI ON THE RIGHTCRICKET MATCH AT TULAGI.THE CRICKET PITCH IS NOW IN THE BACKYARD ODF A HOUSE!TULAGI HOSPITALCHINATOWN AT TULAGICHINATOWN 1938MOORED OFF TULAGIMAKAMBO ISLAND WHARF 1939"THE CUT" AT TULAGI 1939JAPANESE AERIAL PHOTO OF EDSONS RIDGE JUNE/JULY 1942JAPANESE AERIAL OF HENDERSON FIELS SITE BEFORE CONSTRUCTION BEGAN. THIS AND OTHER AERIAL PHOTOS WERE CAPTURED BY THE MARINES AND "SOUVENIRED" BY MARTIN WHEN HE LEFT GUADALCANAL IN DECEMBER 1942.HENDERSON FIELD BEFORE DEVELOPMENTTHE JAPANESE FLAG THAT FLEW OVER LUNGATHE JAPANESE CAMP AREA BEHIND KUKUM BEACH, WITH A MODERN DAY VIEW OF THE AREA.MARINE WITH NATIVE CHILDMARTIN BEING DEFRIEFED AFTER JOINING THE MARINESMARTIN WITH SCOUTS NEAR AIRFIELD. THE SCOUT SITTING FAR RIGHT IS CHAKU. MARTIN SAID HE WAS SUSPECTED OF KILLING A WHITE MAN,BUT THE MATTER WAS PUT ASIDE.MARTIN SAID HE MET CHAKU AGAIN AT THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY IN 1992 AND HE (CHAKU) MADE HIMSELF SCARCE.AOLA GOVERNMENT COMPOUNDAOLA LANTATIONCANAL COASTLINE NOV 42
MARTIN CLEMENS AND PETER FLAHAVIN 2006MARTINS CUP FROM GENERAL KAWAGUCHI'S DINING SERVICEMARTINS RUBBISH BIN - JAPANESE 150MM SHELL CASEJAPANESE 150MM SHELL CASEMARTINS CITATION.ONLY 12 OF THESE WERE GIVEN OUT WORLDWIDE.MARTIN SIGNING A PHOTO OF HIMSELF AND HIS SCOUTS1ST MARINE DIVISION PLAQUEMARTIN CLEMENS AND WILBUR BEWLEY. WILBUTR WAS THE SENTRY AT ILU RIVER WHO BROUGHT IN THE WOUNDED SCOUT JACOB VOUZA.THAYER SOULE (1ST MD PHOTO OFFICER) AND MARTIN CLEMENS ON GUADALCANAL IN 1992 FOR THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY.MARTIN LOOKING AT A PHOTO OF THE D-2 INTELLIGENCE SECTION CREW.MARTINS ALBUM-SOUVENIR JAPANESE OCCUPATION MONEY