Category: Kiaps and Patrols

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PNG Posting: Rod Noble

Being Queensland born, I thought I could do with some tropical warmth when I read the advertisement in the Hobart Mercury. It was a cold winter’s day and the ad was for Patrol Officers...

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Kiap Honour Roll

With thanks to Paul Oates and the many people who have contributed to this Honour Roll, September 2011 1897, 14 January: John Green, Government Agent, Tamata Government Station, Northern Division, British New Guinea, attacked...

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Communications—Radio Codes: Chris Warrillow

Reading Paul Oates’ article on Communications rekindled memories of Christmas, 1968. I was in Kieta, Bougainville. After many months in the bush (incidentally equipped with an A510 radio), escorting CRA geologists out of Panguna...

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Remembering kiaps: Paul Oates

Speech by Paul Oates at the National Archives of Australia Kiap History day, 20 November 2010 Senator Lundy, Maj. Gen Jeffery, High Commissioner Lepani, Director and staff of the National Archives, fellow former kiaps,...

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Jimi River: Robert Blakie

In 1956 and 1957, I was posted to Minj in the Wahgi Valley of the Western Highhlands as a Patrol Officer. It was during this time that Barry Griffin was sent to establish a...

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Sharing Histories: Kiap tribute event

National Archives of Australia, 20 November 2010 See also:Speech by Major-General Michael JefferySpeech by His Excellency, Charles Lepani, High Commissioner to Australia On being a kiap: Jim SinclairSpeech by Paul OatesA career kiap’s wife,...

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Sixty years on: Bill Brown

1952 was not an easy year for Harry West, transferred from Goroka to take over the Kainantu Sub-district, and thrust into responsibility for the road from the Highlands down to Markham valley floor. Highlanders,...

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On being a kiap: Jim Sinclair

Notes for panel discussion, National Archives, Canberra, 21 November 2010. It must be emphasized that my experiences were shared by many kiaps, and were not in any way unique. I have decided to talk...