John R. Metcalfe - Correspondence, 1934-1952

PMB 927

fonds

Canberra : Pacific Manuscripts Bureau [19--]

440548

Microfilm : PMB 927

ne microfilm reel 35 mm

Metcalfe, a Methodist missionary in the Solomon Islands for 37 years, was born in Yorkshire in 1889. He served as a home missionary in Great Britain before moving to Victoria in 1914. He became a candidate for the Methodist ministry in 1916, and after being ordained was appointed to the Solomon Islands in 1920. After a brief period at Roviana, he was appointed to Choiseul as assistant to the Rev. V. LeC. Binet. Apart from four years at Teop, he remained on Choiseul until 1951. During the war, he served as a coastwatcher. He was chairman of the Methodist Mission in the Solomons from 1951 until he retired to Australia in 1957. He died in 1970

Correspondence between Metcalfe and the general secretary for foreign missions of the New Zealand Methodist Church

PMB (Australian National University. Pacific Manuscripts Bureau) ; 927
Available for reference
Microfilm copy of original documents held by Joint Board for Overseas Missions, Wellington Street, Auckland 1, New Zealand