James Campbell Ross - Papers relating to Papua, 1941-1945

PMB 1059

fonds

Canberra : Pacific Manuscripts Bureau, [19--]

441407

Microfilm : PMB 1059

microfilm reel 35 mm

Jim Ross was an officer of the Australian New Guinea Administrative Unit (ANGAU) during World War II. Based initially at Samarai/Milne Bay in East Papua, in July 1943 he was transferred to Kikori in the Purari District of Western Papua. In July 1944 Ross was again transferred, this time to Kairuku, Yule Island, in the Gulf of Papua. For further information see Ross' autobiography My First Seventy Years (1990)

1. Lists of evacuees from Samarai, December 1941. 2. 10 letters/memoranda relating to Ross' work for ANGAU, 1941-45. 3. Diaries: 1942; 1944; and January-August 1945. 4. Minute book including handwritten and typed drafts of patrol reports for the Samarai/Milne Bay District, February 1942-May 1943 and for the Purari District, August-December 1943. 5. Ledger book containing rough drafts of patrol reports for the Purari District, 1944. Includes a map of the Purari District patrol number 13/44. 6. Day book containing newspaper clippings on the war in Papua New Guinea. 7. Photograph album containing wartime photographs of Samarai, Port Moresby, Daru, Kikori and Purari. The photographs include views of Samarai burning as a result of Japanese bombing, native dress and ceremonies, houses, barracks and other scenes

PMB (Australian National University. Pacific Manuscripts Bureau) ; 1059
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Microfilm copy of originals held in private ownership
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