Japanese

John Dademo Waiko - 00:03:15

Interview: 
John Dademo Waiko
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00:03:15

John Waiko discusses his childhood, making fire and listening to the elders discuss the fortunes of the coming day. He recalls his mother telling him that she placed him in a bilum and ran away when the Japanese invaded during the Second World War. He relates the reaction of the people to the invasion, and the role of Anglican missionaries in staying with them.

Henry Chow - 00:24:29

Interview: 
Henry Chow
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00:24:29

Henry Chow discusses how his schooling was interupted by World War II, and the placement of Chinese in concentration camps. He describes how all citizens and their animals were registered by the Japanese and males required to report to Namatanai every month.

Henry Chow - 00:14:07

Interview: 
Henry Chow
Time: 
00:14:07

Henry Chow relates that his family had a trade store in Rabaul, and how his grandfather built a boat with a Japanese boat builder to run copra from the plantation to Rabaul.

Henry Chow - 00:08:20

Interview: 
Henry Chow
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00:08:20

Henry Chow relates how his grandfather in 1941 moved the family away from Rabaul to a plantation in New Ireland, from where they witnessed the Japanese bombing of Rabaul.

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