Pilot Trist

Body and Plane Found Near Wampit

The body of Pilot L. J. Trist, of Guinea Airways, who has been missing in New Guinea since May 22, has been found by natives.

The Canberra authorities, on August 14, received an official message stating that natives had come in to Wau, on the goldfields, and reported that they had found a body, which was identi fied as that of Trist. They also re ported that they had come across his wrecked ’plane in the vicinity of Wam pit aerodrome.

The message stated that the Ad ministration had sent out a party to investigate.

Pilot Trist, at the time of the mis hap, was flying one of Guinea Airways single-engined Junkers, engaged carry ing freight from Lae to Bulolo.