New Guinea Engineer : the Memoirs of Les Bell M.B.E.

By:

Bell, Les

Contributor(s):

Shadbolt, Gillian Heming

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Sydney : Rosenberg Pub., 2003.Description: 1 online resource (296 pages)Content type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9781921719820
1921719826

Subject(s): Genre/Form:

Additional physical formats: Print version:: New Guinea Engineer : The Memoirs of Les Bell M.B.E.DDC classification:

940.544994

LOC classification:

TK6545 .B45

Online resources:

Click here to access online

Contents:

Dedication; Thanks; Introduction; 1. New Country; 2. Gold: Opportunity Lures; 3. Business: Promising Partnership; 4. Land: One Square Mile; 5. War; 6. Restoration: Bureaucracy!; Memorial; Melanesian Pidgin Vocabulary; Notes; Index.

Summary: World War II Royal Australian Air Force Flying Officer Les Bell, MBE recounts startling tales of settlement in Northern Queensland, the equatorial coconut and gold empires of German and Australian New Guinea, and the country's island archipelagos. In 1914 Les, aged 10, won his first Scout badge for collecting sugar bags for use in WW1 but he valued most his introduction to Morse Code. As a radio amateur (ham) Les maintained contact with operators around the world. He won ham contest certificates, among others, from Stampede City, China, Japan and the Napier Women Operators Club in New Zealand.

Item type:

Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.

Average rating: 0.0 (0 votes)

Holdings
Item type	Home library	Collection	Call number	Materials specified	Status	Date due	Barcode
Electronic-Books	OPJGU Sonepat- Campus	E-Books EBSCO			Available

World War II Royal Australian Air Force Flying Officer Les Bell, MBE recounts startling tales of settlement in Northern Queensland, the equatorial coconut and gold empires of German and Australian New Guinea, and the country's island archipelagos. In 1914 Les, aged 10, won his first Scout badge for collecting sugar bags for use in WW1 but he valued most his introduction to Morse Code. As a radio amateur (ham) Les maintained contact with operators around the world. He won ham contest certificates, among others, from Stampede City, China, Japan and the Napier Women Operators Club in New Zealand.