Wreaths for Rabaul's

Dead Ceremonies at Sydney and Brisbane

AT a simple ceremony at Sydney’s Cenotaph on the morning of Janu ary 23, wreaths were laid in honour of the men of the NGVR and AIF who gave their lives in the defence of Rabaul two years previously.

A representative gathering of New Guinea people and relatives of the AIF garrison attended and wreaths were placed on the Cenotaph as follows: New Guinea Volunteer Rifles.—Brig.- General Sir Walter McNicoll (Civil Administrator of New Guinea).

New Guinea Branch of the RSSAILA. — Mr. A. J. Gaskin. 17th AA Battery.—Lieutenant Selby.

New Guinea Women’s Club. —Mrs. H. H.

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New Guinea Branch of the CWA.—Mrs.

M. Peadon. 22nd Battalion AlF.—Sgt. J. D. Debney.

Australian Militia Forces. —Rifleman Les.

Clark.

Pacific Territories Association. —Mr. E. A.

James.

W. R. Carpenter & Company, Ltd.—Mr.

J. B. Sedges.

Nelson & Robertson Pty., Ltd. —Mr.

Harold Cooper.

Burns Philp &' Company, Ltd.—Mr. G. E.

Aumuller.

“Pacific Islands Monthly.”—Mr. R. W.

Robson.

Wreaths and flowers were placed there also by relatives and friends of men who fought in the engagement.

At the Cenotaph, in Anzac Square, Brisbane, on the same day, a service was conducted by Dean W. E. C. Barrett and wreaths laid in commemoration of New Guinea fallen and prisoners of war.

Wreaths were placed on the Cenotaph by Captain R. Kendall, RAN, president of the Queensland New Guinea Association, and by other old residents of the Terri tory.