Death Of C. N. F. Bengough

IT was reported from Guadalcanal, Solo mon Islands, on September 5, tha,t an air-gunner, after an absence of 37 days, had returned to base —believed to be the only survivor from a plane which was shot down into the®, sea near Vella Lavella. It had five of a crew and a passenger, Lieut.-Colonel C. N. F. Ben gough. The other four airman and Mr, Bengough are presumed to be dead.

Mr. Bengough, 8.A., was one of the best known of the younger District Officers in the Solomons before the war. He went there as a Cadet in 1933, when only 22 years old; and he served in practically every district, and gained rapid promo tion, becoming DO in 1936. During more recent years, he was in charge of Malaita.

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