Dr. F. E. Williams Killed in Plane

Accident

THE well-known Government Anthro pologist of Papua, Dr. F. E. Williams, was killed recently in an aeroplane crash, while he was carrying out wartime duties in the north-eastern area of Papua.

Dr. Williams had been the official anthro pologist ih the Territory for about 15 years, and he was held in high regard by

all who knew him. He did work of great value in acting as liaison between the administrative machinery, which was seeking the general advancement of the country, and the natives of the Territory, whose stage of development, according to our standards, is primitive. He was the first anthropologist to get in among the peoples of the hitherto unknown regions in Central and Western Papua, so that his records and writings are in many re spects unique.

Mr. Henry Dexter, well-known at one time as a trader at Milne Bay, Eastern Papua, is now a successful grower of tomatoes for the English market at Hayling Island, in Hampshire, England.

He wrote cheerily to the “PIM” in April, displaying, in spite of his 77 years, a lively interest in events in Eastern Papua.

Dr. Williams: a snapshot on one of his patrols in the interior of Papua.