Ng Mission Skipper

Brother August Schaller, Ms[?]

of the Vunapope Mission, Kokopo, Ne[?] Guinea, who left Sydney recently by tH[?] "Roma” for Europe, on furlough, master of the Sacred Heart of Jes[?] Mission vessel “Waimana” (190 ft., 15 tons), well-known among the islands Bismarck Archipelago. He has been i[?] the Territory since 1933 and will be r[?] membered by many for his work at t[?] end of 1941 when, as skipper of t[?] Mission’s "Panlus”, he evacuated most[?] the women and children from Ne[?] Ireland, just before the Japs hit Ne[?] Guinea. Brother Schaller, who w[?] spend leave in Dortmund, Westphali[?] Western Germany, was a trifle relucta[?] to supply this photograph: "No one [?] New Guinea will recognise me in clenc[?] attire”, he protested mildly—"[?] usually on the bridge in shorts tropical rig”.