2 Letter of Introduction 1935 for Ledoux
2 Page Letter of introduction, December 1935, from the Commonwealth Treasurer (Australian) R.G. Casey to the Administrator of the Mandated Territory of New Guinea ("TNG"), Brigadier General V.R. McNicoll.
The letter refers to a phone call between the Australian Treasurer R.G. Casey and Louis Pierre Ledoux, and encloses a letter of introduction from the Australian Secretary to the Prime Minister, Frank Strahan, to be given to Brigadier General McNicoll, the administrator of New Guinea based in Rabaul, New Britain. Secretary Strahan's letter of introduction mentions Louis Pierre Ledoux and the "son of an influential American with many Australian connections, and a personal friend of R. G. Casey, the Commonwealth Treasurer." R. G. Casey was appointed Treasurer of the Commonwealth (of Australia) in 1935 until 1939. In 1940, he gave up his seat in parliament to be appointed the first Australian Minister to the United States. General McNicoll served as Administrator of the Mandated Territory of New Guinea from 1934 until the Japanese invasion in 1942. He was based out of Rabaul, New Britain and was knighted for the relief work he organized following the volcanic eruption that destroyed Rabaul in 1937. Frank Strahan served as Secretary to the Prime Minister from 1935-1949.
Date: 1930's
Material: Paperwork
Provenance: Louis Pierre Ledoux Collection
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2 Page Letter of introduction, December 1935, from the Commonwealth Treasurer (Australian) R.G. Casey to the Administrator of the Mandated Territory of New Guinea ("TNG"), Brigadier General V.R. McNicoll.
The letter refers to a phone call between the Australian Treasurer R.G. Casey and Louis Pierre Ledoux, and encloses a letter of introduction from the Australian Secretary to the Prime Minister, Frank Strahan, to be given to Brigadier General McNicoll, the administrator of New Guinea based in Rabaul, New Britain. Secretary Strahan's letter of introduction mentions Louis Pierre Ledoux and the "son of an influential American with many Australian connections, and a personal friend of R. G. Casey, the Commonwealth Treasurer." R. G. Casey was appointed Treasurer of the Commonwealth (of Australia) in 1935 until 1939. In 1940, he gave up his seat in parliament to be appointed the first Australian Minister to the United States. General McNicoll served as Administrator of the Mandated Territory of New Guinea from 1934 until the Japanese invasion in 1942. He was based out of Rabaul, New Britain and was knighted for the relief work he organized following the volcanic eruption that destroyed Rabaul in 1937. Frank Strahan served as Secretary to the Prime Minister from 1935-1949.
Date: 1930's
Material: Paperwork
Provenance: Louis Pierre Ledoux Collection
