Kauka Kone - Oral History interview recorded on 7 July 2014 at Karakadabu/Depo, Central Province, PNG
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Mrs Kauka Kone tells the story of her father who was a policeman and an interpreter for the Australians during the War.
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My father was a policeman, he used to work as an interpreter at Buna, he used to communicate, report, was at Margaret corner, my father used to say there was a machine gun at the place that was where the Army used to come and fight.
He was a village policeman not a carrier. At Manumu- Queen and Donald Cleland came. My father used to live in fear—my mother too had her own story- she used to take us to clinic.my father was happy doing what he used to do but was in great fear.
He was a village policeman not a carrier. At Manumu- Queen and Donald Cleland came. My father used to live in fear—my mother too had her own story- she used to take us to clinic.my father was happy doing what he used to do but was in great fear.
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Kauka Kone
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Interview Date
7/07/2014
Interview Duration
00:07:35:22
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“Kauka Kone - Oral History interview recorded on 7 July 2014 at Karakadabu/Depo, Central Province, PNG,” Voices from the War, accessed October 16, 2024, https://pngvoices.deakin.edu.au/items/show/257.