The New Guinea Martyrs

Places
Accession Number MSS0812
Collection type Manuscript
Measurement 1 wallet: 1 cm
Object type Manuscript
Maker Horne, John R
Place made Ottoman Empire: Palestine
Date made 1974
Access Open
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Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
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Description

Typed manuscript titled 'Some thoughts on the New Guinea Martyrs" written in 1974 by John R. Horne and a page of additional information titled 'The "New Guinea Martyrs" Revisited' submitted by John R. Horne in 1975. Includes research notes and critical examination of sources relating to groups of missionaries and native helpers from the Sangara and Gona areas executed by the Japanese in 1942 in the Buna area of New Guinea.