 Emile Dechaineux

Emile Frank Verlaine Dechaineux, DSC (3 October 1902 – 21 October 1944) was an Australian mariner who reached the rank of Captain in the Royal Australian Navy during World War II.He was killed by a Japanese aircraft in what is believed to have been the first ever "kamikaze" attack, in the lead-up to the Battle of Leyte Gulf.