Emile Dechaineux

Emile Frank Verlaine Dechaineux
Dechaineux c. 1943
Born(1902-10-03)3 October 1902
Launceston, Tasmania, Australia
Died21 October 1944(1944-10-21) (aged 42)
HMAS Australia, Leyte Gulf
Buried
AllegianceAustralia
Service / branchRoyal Australian Navy
Years of service1919–1944
RankCaptain
CommandsHMAS Warramunga;
HMAS Australia
AwardsDistinguished Service Cross
Officer of the Legion of Merit (United States)

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.