 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - VaJapan vakapinda muRabaulmusi wa 23 January 1942, uye Page akatapwa. Maererano naGordon Thomas, mupepeti weRabaul Times, akamanikidzwa kuita basa romuviri uye airohwa nokurohwa kakawanda. Nelson Tokiel weNew Guinea Police Force akayeuka kunzwa kuti Page navamwe 20 vakanga vapfigirwa mutunera uye panhambo nenhambo bedzi, vari pasi pokurindwa kwakasimba, vaibvumirwa kubuda kuzvishambidza vamene. 