page_title: Harold Page
hierarchical_section_title: Harold Page
caption_attribution_description: English: Australian public servant Harold Page arriving in New South Wales aboard the Montoro, presumably from the Territory of New Guinea where he was government secretary.
context_page_description: Harold Hillis Page, DSO, MC was an Australian Army officer and public servant. He rose from private to major during the First World War, and was temporary commander of the 25th Battalion on several occasions. He subsequently joined the Commonwealth Public Service and was posted to the Territory of New Guinea, serving as government secretary from 1923 and as acting administrator on a number of occasions. He was captured by the Japanese in 1942 and is listed among those killed in the sinking of the SS Montevideo Maru.
context_section_description: Harold Hillis Page, DSO, MC (8 August 1888 – 1 July 1942) was an Australian Army officer and public servant. He rose from private to major during the First World War, and was temporary commander of the 25th Battalion on several occasions. He subsequently joined the Commonwealth Public Service and was posted to the Territory of New Guinea, serving as government secretary from 1923 and as acting administrator on a number of occasions. He was captured by the Japanese in 1942 and is listed among those killed in the sinking of the SS Montevideo Maru.
caption: Page c. 1930
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