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The work we did in Santo. We were ten police on duty, I went to Santo. On Santo they were still shooting.

043-001 Neu kin nawesien nen kin upa tkos Esanr . Plisman upi ralim utiuti me apak Esanr pa Esanr ruta to sisi .

In 1941 men were shooting each other there.

§ 043-002 1941 me natam̃ool ruta to tmer sir .

That's why we stayed at Luganville, for people from Shark Bay and Port Lory would come in to hospital with bullet wounds.

Nlaken komam utu Kanal , § 043-003 reki nam̃er ni SakPei , me PotLori , me ruto oof polet mai pak hospitel .

And we went when the bush men were still shooting each other. It was a hard time,

§ 043-004 Go komam upan malen kin manpus ruta to tmer sir , me ipi mal kerkerai .

when we stayed there, think about Turtle Bay, to Shark Bay.

§ 043-005 Malen kin utkos kin pam̃orki , TotelPei pak SakPei .

It is a long way, but back then I wanted to go. I took a letter there.

Ipi em̃ae top , § 043-006 me malen ana kafa . Ana kawes natus pa .

They told me, "When you go, take off your police shirt, take off your hat, take off your bullets and put them in your basket. You go without clothes." Because there are wild men between Turtle Bay and Shark Bay.

Runrik wou ki , " Malen p̃afa , p̃awaalu sot ni plisman , p̃aweslu pulp̃ou , § 043-007 p̃aweslu polet , p̃afaai naal . P̃akaro me p̃afa . " Nlaken ipitlak manpus nmaotao ni TotelPei pak SakPei . Ale apa .

They shoot men and eat men until you get to Shark Bay.

§ 043-008 Rusi natam̃ool , rupam natam̃ool , panpanpanpan pak SakPei pa .

This time when Kulon's grandfather was there, Kulon who married Toumer, Kami is his grandfather. Kami Kulon.

§ 043-009 Malen kin apu ni Kulon nen to Kulon nen iplak Toumer to , Apu ga Kami . Kami Kulon .

Then he was at Shark Bay. And he said, " Boy, how did you get here?" Because I put my clothes on just when I got to his plantation.

§ 043-010 Malen ito SakPei . Go ina , " Boy , yu kam olsem wanem ?" Nlaken ana panpan apak plantesen ga go apo oof nkal .

"Oh, did you follow along there to come? And didn't you have any trouble?" I said, "No."

§ 043-011 " O me kuur naor nen to mai ? Me kutap piatlak trabol mau ?" Ana , " Itiik ".

When I came I hid my shirt, I hid my hat, I hid my strap, then I came."

§ 043-012 Malen amai asrakor sot , asrakor pulp̃ou , asrakor strap , ale amai .

He looked at me and laughed, and said, "You're lucky." I stayed the night, slept and then came back to Kanal.

§ 043-013 Ilek wou trau muur , me ina , " Yu laki ." Ale pan pato p̃og go amatur , p̃ulp̃og go amer ler mai pak Kanal .

It is a long way. Then the war was about to start. We English police didn't sleep at all.

§ 043-014 Ipi em̃ae . Malen nafkal ito na kemai . Komam Inglis polis uta matur mau .

Kanal to Fenue, Fenue to Kanal, at night, you walked. But it wasn't a man-made road like a car road.

§ 043-015 Kanal pak Fenue , Fenue pak Kanal , p̃og go kusiwer . Me itapi napu ni natam̃ool taos napu ni loto mau .

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On this road you must carry a coconut torch. When it is dark, you light it and you can see.

§ 043-016 Napu nen kupa kupu na serpaal ni naniu . Ne p̃afan kemalik , p̃atp̃ili leele kin .

Go to Fenue. The English police. We were from Erakor. But they were English.

§ 043-017 Pan pak Fenue pa . Polisman ni Inglis . Upi teni nam̃er , nam̃er ni Erakor . Me rutu Inglis .

They were on attachment at Fenue. You hear they (the police). We came back to Kanal.

§ 043-018 Me rutatsman pak eFenue . Kunrogo [ unclear ] rumai pak Kanal .

‎‎Time of the war. It came out there.

§ 043-019 Mal ni nafkal . Ito paareki sa .