Rank/Rate	Lieutenant, Australian Army
Service Number	QX22425
Birth Date	May 3, 1917
From	Maryborough, Queensland, Australia
Decorations
Submarine	USS Bream (SS-243)
Loss Date	April 4, 1945
Location	Sourabaya, Java
Circumstances	Captured and executed
Remarks	LT Perske and LT John Sachs were part of Z Special Unit, an Australian Army group that performed special operations. They were carried aboard BREAM, and did not return from a "folboat" (2 man canoe) attack.  Post-War records show that they were captured during a raid off Great Masalambo Island and taken to Java, where they were executed.

Information courtesy of Dr. Michael Sturma.

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