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Correspondence, diaries, notes, articles, speeches

  • AU PMB MS 600
  • Colección
  • 1942 - 1966

Edward L.G. Thomas, or Gordon Thomas as he was usually known, joined the Methodist Mission in New Guinea as a printer in 1911, and later worked as a planter, trader and oil driller in that territory. He was editor of the Rabaul Times from 1925-1927 and from 1933-1942. He was one of about 300 European civilians captured when the Japanese invaded Rabaul in January 1942 and one of only four who remained in Rabaul throughout the Japanese occupation.

Reel 1:

  1. General correspondence, 1946-66
  2. Correspondence re disposal of printing plant used to produce Guinea Gold 1946-47
  3. Correspondence re Fred Urban's war damage claims, 1947-48
  4. Correspondence re Queen Emma (Mrs Emma Kolbe), 1955
  5. Diary and other writings while prisoner-of-war, 1942-45
  6. Notes and papers collected while prisoner-of-war, 1942-45
  7. Articles, 1945-49 (Continued on reel 2)

Reel 2:

  1. Articles, 1945-49 (Continued from reel 1)
  2. Speeches and articles, undated (c.1946-49)
  3. Diary of trip on MV Bulolo to Papua and New Guinea, 1955

Thomas, Edward Llewellyn Gordon

Rabaul - 1942-1945

Rabaul - 1942-1945

  • AU PMB MS 36
  • Colección
  • 1942 - 1945

The author of this manuscript, generally known as Gordon Thomas, was born in Chicago, USA, in 1890 and died in Sydney in 1966. After schooling in England, Germany and Switzerland, he began a newspaper career in Canada. In 1911 he joined the Methodist Mission in New Guinea as a printer, and later worked as a planter, trader and oil driller in that territory. He was editor of the 'Rabaul Times' from 1925-27 and 1933-42. An obituary of Thomas was published in 'Pacific Islands Monthly' for August, 1966, pp. 9-10.

When the Japanese invaded Rabaul, New Britain, in January 1942, they captured about 300 European civilians. All but half a dozen of these were removed from Rabaul in the 'Montevideo Maru', which was sunk with all hands before reaching her destination, Japan. Thomas was one of the few Europeans who was kept back by the Japanese - to work as a rouseabout at the freezer and power station. 'Rabaul - 1942-45' is an account of Thomas' life as a prisoner-of-war in New Britain, Papua New Guinea.

See also PMB 600.

Thomas, Edward Llewellyn Gordon