Return to New Ireland: Leen van Lien
In 1963 I qualified as a health inspector but did not get a job until a year later with the NSW Government. As a newly appointed officer I had to go through an office...
Category: People & Places
Lombrum: Jerry Lattin
From 1963 to 1965 I was in command of the small naval cargo ship HMAS Banks in PNG waters. Later, in 1970, I had a year in HMAS Aitape commanding the PNG Patrol Boat...
Tribute to Pat Murray: Anne Peters
Pat Murray was formerly of Baia Plantation, New Ireland, PNG Patricia Audrey Murray (née Stanfield) was born on 5 September 1922 in Naini Tal, in India. Her parents, Ernest and Audrey Stanfield, left India...
Memories of the 50s in the Morobe District: Leo Butler
The 1950s in the Morobe District was a time of major growth. The construction of the Markham Bridge at Markham Point was undertaken by Hornibrooks Constructions Ltd and became a major contributor to growth....
Morning in Goroka: John Pearne
Shared thoughts with those who have known Papua New Guinea Lines written following a return visit, after twenty-one years, to the Eastern Highlands of Papua New Guinea One awakes, the memory of so many...
The Kukukuku: Chips MacKellar
(Published Una Voce, March 1999, page 7) Malcolm (Chips) MacKellar 1953-1955 CPO Daru and Lake Murray (Western District) 1955-1956 P.O. Mount Hagen (Western Highlands District) 1957 ASOPA Long Course 1958-1964 PO at Madang and...
Marema a Tena Vinauma—A tribute to Roma Threfall: Neville Threefall
At the time of Roma’s death, we were not members of the ROAPNG, and no notice was submitted to the Vale section of Una Voce. A belated tribute is given here, for one whose...
Alotau: John Quinn
This article could well be sub-titled How Alotau came to be or even The waste of war, and will take a broad-brush approach to what I am prejudiced in believing is one of the prettiest...
Memories of the 50s in the Morobe District: Leo Butler
The 1950s in the Morobe District was a time of major growth. The construction of the Markham Bridge at Markham Point was undertaken by Hornibrooks Constructions Ltd and became a major contributor to growth....
Sir Daniel Leahy: Gordon Dick
I am grateful to Bob Curtis for his contribution on Sir Danny Leahy in the March 2009 Una Voce and feel I would like to add a little about Danny’s life and status and...
Richard “Dickie” Squires: Philip Selth
Richard (Dickie) Thomas Squires was born in London on 10 February 1893. He was educated at the Elementary County School, London, until fourteen years of age. On 7 January 1910 Squires enlisted in the...
Alotau: John Quinn
This article could well be sub-titled How Alotau came to be or even The waste of war, and will take a broad-brush approach to what I am prejudiced in believing is one of the prettiest...
Life after PNG—Margaret Clancy: Marie Clifton-Bassett
What people do after a career in PNG is always interesting. Members may not know of the second career of Margaret Clancy whose husband, Des, was a popular kiap with an outstanding record. The...
A didiman’s diary: David Montgomery
A good while ago I said to the Editor of Una Voce, “there are always stories of Kiaps in our magazine, rarely news of Didimen”. Her prompt response was, “that’s your problem!’’ I said...
The Evennett family and Samari: Jeff Evennett
The name “Evennett” is familiar to anyone who has spent time in Samarai. Ernie Evennett’s forebears lived in Essex, England. Sometime around the middle of the 19th Century, three Evennett brothers migrated to Australia....
