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Did you know... that Australian official Jack Emanuel was awarded the
George Cross in 1971 after being stabbed to death whilst trying to resolve a land dispute with the
Tolai people of New Guinea?
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... that Australian official Jack Emanuel was awarded the
George Cross in 1971 after being stabbed to death whilst trying to resolve a land dispute with the
Tolai people of New Guinea? Source: "stabbed to death in an ambush" from: Todd, Ian (1974).
Papua New Guinea: Moment of Truth. Angus and Robertson. p. 51.
ISBN978-0-207-13070-0. "some of the Tolai had donned warpaint to show their open hostility. At the invitation of some of the dissidents, Emanuel left the protection of the police and went alone down a bush track. His aim was to discuss the local grievances and negotiate a peaceful resolution. However, he was struck down and killed" from: Ashcroft, Michael (2011). George Cross Heroes. London: Headline Review. pp. 328–329.
ISBN978-0-7553-6084-0.
I've managed to find an excellent new source (under his birth name) that gives a lot more detail, the article is now in excess of 7,000 characters -
Dumelow (
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10:58, 24 November 2022 (UTC)reply
Great expansion (you might have been right and DYKcheck may have been off, but doesn't hurt to have more stuff up there) - was particularly curious as to exactly why Emanuel had been killed and this sheds a bit more light on that. Now that there's no ambiguity about the expansion, I'm going to say this is good to go. AGF on hook source (preview unavailable for me). Cheers,
Kingoflettuce (
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11:04, 24 November 2022 (UTC)reply
A fact from Jack Emanuel appeared on Wikipedia's
Main Page in the Did you know column on 6 December 2022 (
check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that Australian official Jack Emanuel was awarded the
George Cross in 1971 after being stabbed to death whilst trying to resolve a land dispute with the
Tolai people of New Guinea?
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The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as
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... that Australian official Jack Emanuel was awarded the
George Cross in 1971 after being stabbed to death whilst trying to resolve a land dispute with the
Tolai people of New Guinea? Source: "stabbed to death in an ambush" from: Todd, Ian (1974).
Papua New Guinea: Moment of Truth. Angus and Robertson. p. 51.
ISBN978-0-207-13070-0. "some of the Tolai had donned warpaint to show their open hostility. At the invitation of some of the dissidents, Emanuel left the protection of the police and went alone down a bush track. His aim was to discuss the local grievances and negotiate a peaceful resolution. However, he was struck down and killed" from: Ashcroft, Michael (2011). George Cross Heroes. London: Headline Review. pp. 328–329.
ISBN978-0-7553-6084-0.
I've managed to find an excellent new source (under his birth name) that gives a lot more detail, the article is now in excess of 7,000 characters -
Dumelow (
talk)
10:58, 24 November 2022 (UTC)reply
Great expansion (you might have been right and DYKcheck may have been off, but doesn't hurt to have more stuff up there) - was particularly curious as to exactly why Emanuel had been killed and this sheds a bit more light on that. Now that there's no ambiguity about the expansion, I'm going to say this is good to go. AGF on hook source (preview unavailable for me). Cheers,
Kingoflettuce (
talk)
11:04, 24 November 2022 (UTC)reply