War Service - New Guinea 1940-1944

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Series 4

Content Summary:

After completion of the Hagen-Sepik Patrol, Black went to Australia on leave but spent most of this time completing the map of the patrol. He tried to enlist in the army, but was ordered to return to New Guinea. He was posted to the Madang District, first as Assistant District Officer, Bogia, and later at Madang as District Officer with the rank of Captain in ANGAU. After the Japanese had landed at Madang, he operated in the region between Madang and Goroka. Between November 1943 and September 1944 he was based at Bena Bena. He was then transferred to Talasea, New Britain. He had leave in January 1945 after which he joined LHQ Directorate of Research and Civil Affairs.

Immediate source of acquisition:

MS 8346 was bequeathed to the Library by John Black in 1988. At the request of the family, to enable Robin Radford to complete her research, it remained in Adelaide until 1992. In 1999 Dr Bill Gammage added a substantial collection of photographs taken on the Hagen-Sepik Patrol of 1938-39. They have been placed in Series 3. Further papers were received in 2011.

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