Men Who Stayed On Nauru

Nauru

WHEN the British community finally was evacuated from Nauru, in 1942, the following five men volunteered to remain, to care for the natives, and for the property and non-European em ployees of the British Phosphate Com mission:— Lieut.-Colonel J. W. Chalmers, the Administrator.

Dr. B. H. Quin, Government Medical Officer.

Mr. A. P. Lloyd, dispenser (Dr. Quin’s assistant).

Mr. F. F. Harmer and Mr. W. H.

Doyle, of the BPC staff.

There also remained two Roman Catholic Missionaries, Rev. A. Kayser and a young Swiss priest, who had gone to Nauru from the Gilberts.

Late in 1942, the Japanese occupied Nauru, and it is presumed that all the men referred to are prisoners of war.