Who was Sumasuma

Trevor
18/06/2011

SUMSUMA (1903?-1965), boat captain and New Guinea patriot, was born about 1903 at Sasa village on Boang Island, New Ireland, son of Tamapuat, of Ansingsing village on Tefa island, and Tarapat of Sasa.

During December 1928 Sumsuma organized a strike by almost all Rabaul’s 3000 New Guinean workers to win them £12 a month.

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