| Place | Oceania: New Guinea, Bismarck Archipelago, New Ireland, Kavieng |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | PR03995 |
| Collection type | Private Record |
| Record type | Collection |
| Measurement | Extent: .5 cm; Wallet/s: 1 |
| Object type | Papers |
| Maker |
Page, Cornelius Lyons "Con" |
| Place made | Pacific Islands: Bismarck Archipelago, New Ireland, Kavieng |
| Date made | 1942 |
| Access | Open |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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| Copying Provisions | Copyright expired. Copying permitted subject to physical condition. Permission for reproduction not required. |
Page, Cornelius Lyons (Sub Lieutenant, b.1912 - d.1942)
Description
Collection relating to the Second World War service of Sub Lieutenant Cornelius Lyons "Con" Page, Coastwatcher, Royal Australian Navy, Kavieng, New Ireland, New Guinea, 1942.
Collection consists of a note from Page to Lieutenant Commander Eric Augustus Feldt, written on two sheets of toilet paper in red pencil, dated 9 July [1942]. Page was an Allied military intelligence operative known as a “Coastwatcher”. He was stationed at Kavieng, New Guinea when he was captured by the Japanese in 1942. In his letter, he requests that Feldt assists Ansin Bulu, a woman who had been his companion for seven years. He explains that she had assisted him in his work, and had also been captured and tortured by the Japanese. With the help of a cleaner, Page smuggled the note to Ansin Bulu after she was released. He was executed by the Japanese on 21 July 1942. Ansin Bulu concealed the note for two years, and presented it to the first westerner she met, Lieutenant Stan Bell.