Robert Michael Banaga - Oral History interview recorded on 24 May 2014 at Beama, Northern Province, PNG

Mr Robert Michael Banaga tells the story of his grandfather Augustine Angaro Simbiri who was a member of the Papuan Infantry Battalion (PIB) and was involved with the first PIB action of the War, at Awala on 23 July, 1942.

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