George Oakes writes: “This took place in July/August 1971. There were a lot of earthquakes at the same time. As I understand it, the tsunami was caused by a submarine landslide in the Solomon...
Jim Vanderkamp was with the Public Health Dept, Malaria Control. The following photographs cover some of Jim’s experiences and tours of duty at Popondetta, Wanigela, Rabaul and on Bougainville.
Like so many expatriates, I was attracted to Papua New Guinea long before I arrived there. My interest began in England as a high school student in the late 1940s through a world map...
Kevin Lock did the second E Course (Teacher training) at Rabaul in 1961 and was posted to Arehava Primary School in the Gulf District and later at Madang Technical College. He left PNG in...
John Harold Margetts was born at Higham, near Chester, England, on 17 May 1884. He studied for the ministry of the Methodist Church at Queen’s College, and came to Australia as a minister in...
Emma and Phoebe were daughters to Joana Coe née Le’utu, of Samoa’s Malietoa Royal family, and Jonas Myndersee Coe, the US Consul in Apia. Jonas married six times and had 18 children. Emma was...
Photos from the dedication of the Lark Force and Montevideo Maru Memorial Plaque at Bendigo RSL, 11 November 2011
Photos from the unveiling of the Montevideo Maru plaque at the Hellships Memorial, Subic Bay, Philippines, 1 July 2009
PNGAA member, Kevin Lock, through a chance encounter, met Mrs Pat Shea who happens to be the grand-daughter of Master Mariner Soren Nelson who, as you can see from the Remembrance Card (the 1st...
Jim Van Der Kamp joined the PNG Public Health Department’s Malaria Control Programme as a Field Officer in January 1965 after 18 months service in the Army as a Medico in what was then...
