Patrick Vaughan Stanley Heenan

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Patrick Vaughan Stanley Heenan (29 July 1910 – 13 February 1942) was a New Zealand military officer and spy. A captain in the British Indian Army, he was convicted of treason after spying for Japan during the Battle of Malaya of World War II. Heenan was executed by his wardens while in British custody during the Battle of Singapore. With the defeat of the British imminent, Heenan had mocked the guards, saying he would soon be free, while they would be the prisoners. In response, British military police shot him and dumped his body into the harbour. According to Heenan's biographer, Peter Elphick, these events were suppressed by British Commonwealth military censors.

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