Death Of Captain John
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Methven
Captain John Malcolm Methven,
23, reported killed in action, in Egypt, July 22, 1942, while serving in the AIF, was born on Ocean Island in 1918. He was educated at Xavier Pre paratory and Caulfield Grammar Schools, Melbourne, and was on the staff of the Bank of Australasia, He was the youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. Stuartson C Methven, of Belgrave, Victoria, and a brother of Flt./Sgt. Methven, SC, who was born in Suva, Fiji, in 1912, and who is with the RAAF in England. His father, who served in the South African War, was in the Fiji public service, 1911-13, Gilbert and Ellic Islands service, 1914-34 and served in the Great War, 1916-ls! with AIF.
M. Lucien Beaumont, a well-known and respected colonist of New Caledonia, died suddenly at Moindou. He was for a num ber of years a member of the Conseil- General. He was interested in the culti vation of tobacco, and gave much time to establishing a small factory for its manufacture in New Caledonia.
Flying-Officer John C. Lowe, RAAF, formerly a CSR Co. overseer in Fiji, is missing (believed killed), from air opera tions over Rabaul, in which he took part on April 11, 1942.