How "Scottie" Jackson Met
p. 62 · Read in the full issue
His Death
IN a recent issue of the “P.1.M.”, you fnentioned “Scottie” Jackson, who was assocoated with Dick Roche in con nection with Dutch New Guinea; and you said that there was a “mystery” associ ated with “Scottie’s” death.
I knew “Scottie” rather well. I first met him at Lae, New Guinea, where at that time he was erecting the first sawn timber house for Guinea Airways, in 1928. He was one of those venture some and I may say, wandering char acters that we frequently read of in novels. He was a prospector; and for a time he worked on the Black Cat, in the
ranges between Salamaua and Wau.
It was while on a prospecting trip in Papua, in “uncomfortable” country, that “Scottie” met his death accidentally. Re turning to his tent, or hut, he threw his gun on to his bunk, and it went off and shot “Scottie” in the stomach.
“Scottie” was respected by all who knew him. He always saw the bright side of things. He used to boast of being a naturalised Dutchman, and used to take a holiday on the Queen of Holland’s birthday.
“Scottie” was an authority on birds, and was at home in the bush.
The cause of his death is generally known to the “old hands” of the Morobe
District.-