Uniting Church Archives - Synod of Victoria
Photograph, Undated c.1949
... Simon Qaius, prisoner of war, New Britain, teacher..., prisoner of war, New Britain, teacher, Methodist, mission, bible ...
Saimon Qaius was a prisoner of the Japanese during W.W.II. He subsequently worked for the Methodist Missionary Society as a teacher in New Britain. He assisted Rev. C. Mannering in translating the Old Testament into Blanche Bay dialect, as used by the Methodist Mission in New Britain.B & W head and shoulders studio photograph of Saimon QaiusSaimon Qaiussimon qaius, prisoner of war, new britain, teacher, methodist, mission, bible translator