Tom Dasi - Oral History interview recorded on 27 March 2017 at Maiwara, Milne Bay Province

Mr Tom Dasi tells the story of his father Mr Dasi Besei who join the Papuan Infantry Battalion. He also speaks of how the special powers of the Milne Bay women protected the Papuan men fighting in the war.

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