Captain To Pilot-Officer
p. 11 · Read in the full issue
CAPTAIN J. D. CAMPBELL, who joined the Royal New Zealand Air Force in 1941, is now Pilot-Officer Camp bell, and is located “somewhere overseas” as an instructor in an Officers’ School.
It says much for his fitness and spirit that, after his lengthy service in the last war and his long residence in the tropics, he is again serving in World War 11.
He was well-known in the Cook Islands, where he was president of the Returned Soldiers’ Association for 20 years. He was still holding this position when he left the Islands, at his own expense, in order that he might once more serve King and country.
The death of Mrs. Rachel Fanny Edwards occurred in Suva, Fiji, on August 23. She is survived by her hus band, Mr. H. Edwards, of Domain Road, and two sons and five daughters. For many years Mr. and Mrs. Edwards lived on Vanua Levu, where Mr. Edwards was engaged in planting, in partnership with Mr. Hall. Later, they moved to Samabula, but had been living in retirement in Suva for several years.