Death of N.G. Patrol Officer: Result of Arrow Wound in Lung
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Death Of N.G.
Patrol Officer
Result of Arrow Wound in Lung THOMAS Alfred Hough, a Patrol Officer in the New Guinea Administration, who was admitted to Salamaua Hospital on December 11 with an arrow in his right lung, died on December 20.
He was 23 years of age.
Hough, with a party of native police, was seeking a native murderer in the semi-controlled country near the Leron River, in the Markham River district. On December 7 a large body of natives ambushed the party. In driving off the attack the Patrol Officer was severely wounded by an arrow and by spears. Four hostile natives were shot.
His police “boys” carried Mr. Hough to the Lutheran Mission station where the missionaries took him in their aeroplane to Salamaua Hospital.
A well-equipped police party under D.
O. Taylor and A. D. O. Roberts was sent out to the Leron area to arrest the savages connected with the murderous attack.
Early in January, Mr. Roberts returned to Salamaua with a native alleged to be