<page_title> List of colonial governors of Papua New Guinea </page_title> <section_title> Papua </section_title> <table> <cell> Military Administrator (1942–1946) <col_header> Tenure </col_header> <col_header> Portrait </col_header> <col_header> Incumbent </col_header> <col_header> Notes </col_header> <col_header> Magistrate for Queensland in New Guinea (1883) </col_header> <col_header> Special Commissioners for Great Britain in New Guinea (1884–1885) </col_header> <col_header> Administrator of British New Guinea (1888–1895) </col_header> <col_header> Lieutenant-Governors of British New Guinea (1895–1904) </col_header> <col_header> Lieutenant-Governors of Papua (1904–1942) </col_header> </cell> <cell> 13 February 1942 to 31 October 1945 <col_header> Tenure </col_header> <col_header> Magistrate for Queensland in New Guinea (1883) </col_header> <col_header> Special Commissioners for Great Britain in New Guinea (1884–1885) </col_header> <col_header> Administrator of British New Guinea (1888–1895) </col_header> <col_header> Lieutenant-Governors of British New Guinea (1895–1904) </col_header> <col_header> Lieutenant-Governors of Papua (1904–1942) </col_header> <col_header> Military Administrator (1942–1946) </col_header> </cell> <cell> Major General Basil Morris <col_header> Incumbent </col_header> <col_header> Magistrate for Queensland in New Guinea (1883) </col_header> <col_header> Special Commissioners for Great Britain in New Guinea (1884–1885) </col_header> <col_header> Administrator of British New Guinea (1888–1895) </col_header> <col_header> Lieutenant-Governors of British New Guinea (1895–1904) </col_header> <col_header> Lieutenant-Governors of Papua (1904–1942) </col_header> <col_header> Military Administrator (1942–1946) </col_header> </cell> </table>
In 1942, Basil Morris was the Military Administrator.