Kiap Honour Roll
With thanks to Ross Wilkinson, Paul Oates and the many people who have contributed to this Honour Roll.
Died in the service of Australia:
1878 November 27 – William Bairstow Ingham, Government Agent for the Queensland Government, Port Moresby. Murdered in the Louisiade Archipelago whilst apprehending murderers and stolen goods
1885 December 2 – Sir Peter Henry Scratchley, Special Commissioner. Contracted malaria on patrol and died at sea on way to Australia for treatment
1887 December 14 – Carl H Hartmann (temporary Assistant Resident Magistrate) at Aroma Station in the Western Division. He died at Brisbane whilst seeking treatment for malaria contracted at Aroma.
1890 May – George Hunter, Government Agent, Rigo. Murdered whilst ill in bed
1890 Maka Ex-LMS teacher from New Caledonia who was appointed Government Agent for the Cloudy Bay area. Died of fever.
1894 August 12- Frank Ernest Lawes, Resident Magistrate, Central Division. Died of unspecified ailment (suspected malaria) whilst on service
1896 December 22 – Charles Kowald, Government Agent, Mekeo. Died as a result of accidental dynamite explosion
1897 January 14 – John Green, Government Agent, Tamata, Northern Division. Murdered at Tamata Station together with Corporal Sedu and Constables Dumai, Gaiwa, Mirio and Taurauki, Armed Native Constabulary
1898 August 5 – Michael Shanahan, Assistant Resident Magistrate, Mambare District. Died of malaria at Tamata station
1898 November – HW de Lange, Magistrate for Native Matters, Daru. Drowned in boating accident on patrol
1901 January 3 – William Edington de Margrat Armit, Resident Magistrate, Ioma Died of illness
1901 February 12 Resident Magistrate of Daru Bingham Hely died of malaria whilst on leave at Thursday Is. – reported in the Brisbane Courier 22 February 1901
1901 November 3 – Amedeo Giulianetti, Acting Resident Magistrate, Delena District. Shot dead (murdered) by escaping prisoner
1902 June 19 – Archibald Lyon Walker, Resident Magistrate, Northern Division. Died at Samarai of malaria contracted at Tamata station
1903 February 21 – Frederick William Leetch, Assistant Resident Magistrate, Northern Division. Died of malaria returning from patrol
1904 June 20 – Christopher Stansfeld Robinson, Acting Administrator, Papua. Committed suicide under pressures of office and criticism of Goaribari Affair
1907 September 6 – George Alfred Moore – Assistant Resident Magistrate, Cape Nelson. Died of fever and dysentery at Cape Nelson
1908 April 19 – William Henry Lee, Patrol Officer Northern Division died of fever
1910 March 16 – Louis Patten Hogan Assistant Resident Magistrate Ioma died of illness
1914 May 7 William John Bowden – Assistant Resident Magistrate Kairuku died of illness
1915 April 24 – Charles Percy Norrie – Assistant Resident Magistrate Mambare died of fever on
1915 June 18 – Guy Owen Manning, AN&MEF Military Administration District Officer, Kavieng. Died from a motorcycle accident on duty
1916 April 24 – Robert Dorrien Kirby, Patrol Officer, Kikori River, Territory of Papua. Died at Yule Island on way to treatment for arrow wounds suffered whilst on patrol from Kikori
1920 May 30 – James Harry Smith Olifent, AN&MEF Military Administration District Officer, Aitape. Died from illness
1921 April 17 – William Albert Barnes – Assistant Resident Magistrate Samarai – died of illness.
1924 April 1 – Harold Leslie Campbell Johnston, Assistant Resident Magistrate, Kikori. Died in Sydney of malaria contracted on patrol
1927 February 7 – William John Townsend, District Officer, Madang. Died at sea from illness contracted on service
1929 June 6 – John Hall Lukin, District Officer, on the Sepik River (cause of death unknown).
1930 June 10 – Fredrick James Berge, Resident Magistrate, Kerema. Drowned with his four children when MV Vailiri sank in a gale
1933 June 10 – Ian McCallum Mack, Assistant District Officer, Kainantu. Died at Salamaua from arrow wounds received in attack in the Highlands
1933 November – Leo A Flint, Assistant Resident Magistrate, Abau. Died of malaria contracted on patrol
1935 January 15 – William Henry Bird, Patrol Officer, Otibanda. Died of malaria at Salamaua
1935 February 28 – Edward Colin McDonald, Assistant District Officer, Angoram. Murdered by disaffected policeman while on patrol at Ambunti, Sepik District
1936 December 19 – Thomas Alfred Hough, Patrol Officer, Salamaua. Ambushed at Leron River and died from arrow wound sustained in attack on 7 December
1939 July 1 – Neil Campbell Elliott, Patrol Officer, Aitape. Murdered at Wanali village, Aitape, Sepik District together with Constable Aipoum, New Guinea Police Force)
1940 February 27 – Sir John Hubert Plunkett Murray – Lieut. Governor of Papua who died of leukemia whilst undertaking station inspections of the Eastern Division (Milne Bay)
1940 July 14 – Donald Cameron McPhee, Patrol Officer. Died at Wewak Hospital of an illness contracted whilst on patrol.
1940 September 19 – Charles Henry Karius, Resident Magistrate. Died in Sydney of malaria whilst on sick leave
1942 c January – A F Kyle, Assistant District Officer, executed by the Japanese on Nago Island near Kavieng
1942 c January – Murray Edwards, Patrol Officer, killed by the Japanese at Kavieng
1942 March 22 – Richard Bruce Strudwick, ANGAU War Diary reported murder occurred on Sepik River
1942 June 17 – Ronald Frank Brechin – Patrol Officer ANGAU District Services died in an air crash in the Ramu Valley
1942 July 1 – John Eric Daymond, Assistant District Officer. Died as a prisoner in the sinking of the Montevideo Maru
1942 July 1 – Murray Stanley Edwards, Assistant District Officer, Kavieng. Died as a prisoner in the sinking of the Montevideo Maru
1942 July 1 – Henry Anthony Gregory, District Officer, Rabaul – Died as a prisoner in the sinking of the Montevideo Maru
1942 July 1 – Frederick Wilhelm Mantle, District Officer, Rabaul – Died as a prisoner in the sinking of the Montevideo Maru
1942 July 1 – E H Mitchell, Patrol Officer, died as a prisoner in the sinking of the Montevideo Maru
1942 September 1 – Gregory Wade Benham, Sub-Lieutenant, Royal Australian Navy. Operating as Coastwatcher when captured and executed
1942 December 21 – Gustav Adolph Obst, ANGAU District Services. Killed in action at Cape Gloucester
1942 December 24 – William Alfred Henry Butteris, ANGAU District Services. Captured at Cape Gloucester and presumed executed by the Japanese
1942 December 31 – Roy Gustav Mader, ANGAU District Services. Murdered whilst investigating cult activities at Motorina Island, Milne Bay District
1943 May 19 – James Alexander Golden – Patrol Officer ANGAU District Services murdered by natives near Dumpu
1943 August 5 – Michael Kevin Lynch – Patrol Officer ANGAU District Services died of malaria
1943 August 15 – Joseph Thomas Barracluff Patrol Officer ANGAU District Services KIA believed killed by Japanese guided by disaffected natives in April River area.
1944 October 20 – Francis Peter Brewer, ANGAU District Services. Killed in air accident at Dobodura
1945 September 11 – P.O. Noel Thomas Williams (Lt.), ANGAU District Services. Died in plane crash flying out from Rabaul on the way to pay local labour.
1946 June 18 – George Charton Tuckey, Patrol Officer, Kundiawa, Central Highlands. Died after being gored by a bull while herding cattle
1947 January 4 – William John (Bill) Lambden, District Officer Samarai – Evacuated from PNG and died of illness contracted in service
1947 April 19 – Arthur Alfred Cornelius Hall – District Officer Samarai – Evacuated from PNG and died of illness contracted in service
1949 July 14th – John (Jack) William Sims, Patrol Officer, Vanimo. Died from self inflicted gunshot wound following an incident on patrol, Vanimo, Sepik District
1950 September – Peter Evans, Cadet Patrol Officer. Missing presumed drowned Port Moresby, Central District
1951 January 21 – Cecil Cowley, District Commissioner, Northern District. Killed Mt Lamington eruption.
1951 January 21– Ian James, Cadet Patrol Officer, Northern District. Killed Mt Lamington eruption
1951 January 21 – Athol James Earl, Cadet Patrol Officer, Northern District. Killed Mt Lamington eruption [photo]
1951 January 21 – Kevin Victor Barney Bradford, Cadet Patrol Officer, Northern District. Killed Mt Lamington eruption
1951 December 13 – Robert Kennedy (Ken) Earle, District Officer, Wabag. Killed in aircraft crash near Wapenamanda, Western Highlands District, while conducting aerial inspection of airstrip under construction
1953 November 6 – Gerald Szarka, Patrol Officer, Telefomin, together with Constables Purari and Buritori, Royal Papua and New Guinea Constabulary, murdered in the Eliptamin valley on patrol, from Telefomin in the Sepik District
1953 November 6 – Geoffrey Brodribb Harris, Cadet Patrol Officer, Telefomin, (see above entry for PO Szarka for details)
1955 October 3 – John Baring Short, Patrol Officer, Kerema. Died of illness contracted whilst on patrol near Tauri River, Gulf District
1958 July 14 – Dudley Ainslie Murray Young-Whitforde – ADO Namatanai collapsed on patrol, was evacuated to Port Moresby where he died from illness
1958 October 17 – Rupert Roelof (Young Rupe) Haviland, Patrol Officer. Died whilst on leave in Sydney from illness contracted on service
1961 November 23 – Fergus David Anderson, Cadet Patrol Officer. Drowned on patrol, Tauri River
1964 September 8 – Alan Lewis Cleeve, Cadet Patrol Officer, Balimo, died aged 20 following a motor boat accident on Aramia River, Balimo Sub District, Western District, while on patrol. Buried in Old European Cemetery, Port Moresby. A memorial plate in front of Balimo Sub District Office reads: “In memory of Cadet Patrol Officer Alan Lewis Cleeve, aged 20 years, who died whilst on duty on the Aramia River at Bamu, 8th September 1964” [photo]
1965 – October – 3 – George Benjamin O’Farrell, District Officer, Samarai, died of illness (cancer)
1970 – December 20 – Harry L Balfour-Ogilvy, Patrol Officer, Esa’Ala. Killed with wife, Esther, and infant daughters, Deborah and Sandra, in Aztec crash near Gurney, Milne Bay District
1970 – December 20 – David K (Dave) Robertson, Assistant District Officer, Esa’Ala. Killed in Aztec crash near Gurney, Milne Bay District
1971 February 14 – Peter Maxwell Daniel – Assistant Patrol Officer died in Lae as a result of a motorcycle accident.
1971 August 11 – Errol John (Jack) Emanuel, District Commissioner, East New Britain. Murdered while settling land dispute, Kaibara Bay, Gazelle Peninsula
1972 September 27 – Marcus Leyshon (Taffy) Watkins, Assistant District Officer, Oksapmin. Drowned on patrol in the Om River, Oksapmin, Telefomin, Sepik District. The plaque reads: “In memory of Assistant District Officer Marcus Leyshon Watkins, born 24-12-1942, died 27-9-1972, on patrol”
1972 September 1 – Alan (‘Peter’) Shipway, Patrol Officer, Minj, Western Highlands. Killed together with son Steven, 13, domestic servant and pilot in Skyvan crash on Mt Giluwe
1973 November 16 – Des Murphy, Assistant District Commissioner, Kerema. Murdered, Kerema, Gulf District
1974 September 29 (presumed date) – John Arthur Irvine Absalom, Assistant District Commissioner, Esa’Ala, Milne Bay District. Missing presumed drowned on patrol from Esa’Ala
1978 July 19 – Donald Richard (Don) Simmins, Assistant District Commissioner, Minj, Western Highlands District. Killed on duty in motor vehicle accident
1978 – Garth Donovan, Assistant District Officer, Madang. Death by own hand caused from workplace stress
Much time has been spent in collating this information. However; if anyone has any corrections or further information, please email the PNGAA Secretary
