First Military Wedding At Port Moresby

THE first “military” wedding took place in Port Moresby, Papua, recently, when Miss Marjorie Claire English, elder daughter of Mr. A. C. English, of Rigo (the oldest resident in Papua) was married to War rant-Officer Charles H. Der bridge, a member of the Royal Australian Artillery, part of the garrison now stationed at Port Moresby. Members of naval, air force and military units provided an arch of bayonets outside St. John's Church and, later, took charge of the car in which the young couple set off on their journey into married life. (Photo, by R. V. Oldham.)