Buried at Samarai
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Frank Pryke's Ashes
From a Special Correspondent
Samarai, Nov. 7.
THE ashes of the late Frank Pryke, one of Papua’s best-loved “old-timers,” were brought to the Territory in October and on the 20th were buried on the hill near the Samarai Residency, just at the foot of the flagstaff. He died in Sydney in August last, at the age of 66, after a lifetime of adventure seeking gold with the pioneers in Papua and New Guinea.
When the ashes were laid to rest, a simple service was conducted by Rev Robert Leek, of the Anglican Mission, and all those Samarai residents who knew Frank Pryke during his many years in and about Papua paid their last res pects. A memorial tablet has been made, and it is hoped that Sir Hubert Murray will consent to unveil it later, when a suitable location is decided upon.