Death Of Cart. J. D. Lundie

rKEN suddenly ill on the pilot ship at Melbourne Heads, on November 12, Pilot Captain John Douglas Lundie, well known on Central Pacific ships, died three days later. It can be said of him that during his seafaring days he practically made a hobby of saving life at sea.

When his captain became seriously ill on a ship trading from Auckland to Suva some years ago, he operated successfully with a razor, following instructions wire lessed from the medical officer on a war ship. He received recognition from the Royal Humane Society of New Zealand for saving life on RMS “Tahiti.” He also saved a woman’s life aboard RMS “Makura.” Captain Lundie is said to have been the youngest man in Austra lian waters to hold an extra master’s cer tificate, which he gained at the age of 23 years. (Captain Lundie must have had a close runner-up for the distinction of young est extra master in Australian waters (highest qualification to which men of the British Merchant Service may aspire) in BP skipper, Brett Hilder —now Squad ron-Leader Hilder, RAAF. New Guinea people will remember him as the scarlet bearded skipper of the “Maiwara” just prior to the war—the beard was culti vated to disguise the fact that he was not then of an age becoming the dignity of a captain. RAAF regulations forbid beards and now he looks his full age— about 32. He held an extra master’s cer tificate some time before his “Maiwara” sojourn—presumably getting it when he had not long been out of short pants.)