Journalist and Soldier. Hector witnessed the first Japanese attack of Darwin on 19 February 1942 and was the only correspondent in Darwin in the week that followed. Hector enlisted in the AIF in 1942 and was posted to Milne Bay in New Guinea in January 1943 where he worked as a sergeant in the Army Education Service (AES) of the 29th Brigade. In January 1944 Hector was posted to the AES journal Salt in Melbourne. In June 1946 he obtained his discharge and during 1946-50 was employed by the Defence Department as Australian correspondent for Bcon, the daily newspaper published in Japan for the British Commonwealth Occupation Force. From the 1950s until 1975 he worked in trade publications in Melbourne.
From the description of Papers of Jock (John) Hector [manuscript]. 1943-1991. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225825743
