New Guinea patrol reports, related documents and photographs, 1930-1940 [microform]. [1930-1940]

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New Guinea patrol reports, related documents and photographs, 1930-1940 [microform]. [1930-1940]

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These papers mainly consist of W.J. (Jack) Read's pre-World War II patrol reports and associated papers, as follows, together with five photographs: Kokopo Sub-district and adjacent areas, New Britain, 1930-1931; Ambunti, Sepik District, 1932; Bogia, Cape Gordon to the Ramu River, Uligan, Dugumor, Manam, Boisa and Karkar Islands, and elsewhere in the Madang District, 1933-1938; and, Wau and Lae Sub-districts, Morobe District, 1940.

1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.

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Read, W. J., 1904-

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Jack Read joined the Australian administration of the Mandated Territory of New Guinea as a cadet in 1929. He worked as patrol officer in most parts of the Territory, having covered New Britain and the mainland from the Sepik River to the Morobe Goldfields, but had not been located in Bougainville until his appointment in November 1941 as assistant district officer in charge of the Buka Passage Sub-district, under district officer Merrylees. Following the Japanese entry into the War...

Australian National University. Pacific Manuscripts Bureau

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