Gerald F. X. Brown - War diary, patrol reports and personal papers, Papua New Guinea, 1936-1965

PMB 1162

fonds

Canberra : Pacific Manuscripts Bureau, [2001]

441509

Microfilm : PMB 1162

microfilm reels 35 mm

Gerald Brown took employment in Port Moresby in 1936 working first in the Burns Philp butchery and freezer department and later as a clerk in the Lands Department. He was appointed Patrol Officer by the Papuan Administration in 1937. Gerald was transferred into ANGAU and patrolled in Popondeta, Awala, Ilimo and Kokoda in March 1942. He was appointed Warrant Officer at Rigo in July 1942 and later promoted to Captain. When civil administration was restored in PNG Gerald resumed duty as an Inspector of Native Labour attached to the Headquarters of the newly formed Department of Labour in Madang. He was New Britain District Labour Officer based in Rabaul from March 1948 till December 1949. From July 1950 till January 1951 he was New Ireland District Labour Officer based in Kavieng. In 1951 Gerald was appointed senior Inspector of Labour in the Morobe District based in Lae and residing at Malahang nearby. Gerald retired in May 1965

Gerald Brown's wartime papers, including his diary written at Popendetta, Awala, Ilimo and Kokoda, 21 Mar-27 Jul 1942. Brown's personal files which include a copy of his report of his patrol in the Chirima Valley, Jun 1942, Dobuduru inspection reports, plantation and native labour surveys, Dec 1944-Jan 1945, Brown's first monthly report from Dobuduru, Feb 1945, and many other documents relating to labour matters in PNG as well as Brown's own career in the TPNG Department of Labour as an Inspector of Native Labour, 1946-1965. Brown's correspondence with his brothers, Jack Brown, Medical Assistant, PNG, and Dermot Brown, 1936-1952. Photographs taken in Port Moresby, Rabaul, Kavieng, Malahang and Lae, 1937-1965

PMB (Australian National University. Pacific Manuscripts Bureau) ; 1162
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Microfilm. Balgowlah :W.& F. Pascoe Pty Ltd for Pacific Manuscripts Bureau, Australian National University :[2001]. 2 microform reels
Originals with Mrs Helen Tracy, Beehive Park, Sodwalls, N.S.W. 2790
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