King Honours Solomon Islanders
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FOR “exceptional devotion to duty in a theatre of war,” the King has awarded the British Empire Medal to two Solomon Islanders. They are:— Daniel Pule, native clerk, British Solo mon Islands Protectorate.
Corporal Launganibaea, of the British Solomon Islands Protectorate Native Constabulary.
The following former residents of Papua now are serving in Australia on the staff of the Allied Works Council: R. C. Donaldson (Port Moresby); F. P.
Godson (Itiki Numu); Douglas F. Ross (Obu); Tom G. Miller (Paeli); R. A.
Woodward (late RM at Samarai). Mr.
Donaldson is on the executive staff, and most of the others are officers in charge of personnel.
Mr. E. Downing, of the staff of the British Resident Commissioner, New Hebrides, underwent an appendicitis operation recently in Sydney. He has made a satisfactory recovery.
Commander D. S. McClymont, DSC, RNZNVR, has relinquished the position of Harbourmaster and Pilot, at Apia, Samoa, and returned to New Zealand.
Capt, J. W. Jones, formerly of the New Zealand Reparation Estates, has been appointed Harbourmaster and Pilot.