Death Of Sub-Lieut. Con.

Page In N. Guinea

rOM cumulative reports, the death is now officially presumed of Bub- Lieutenant C. L. Page, RANVR, of Tabar Islands, New Guinea. He was formerly reported missing: but is now reported to have been killed by the Jap-

anese on Nemto Island, off the coast of New Ireland, about July 21, 1942. He was 31 years old.

“Con.” Page was a particularly good type of young man. He grew up in Kavieng, where his parents were old and highly-respected residents —his father was store manager for W. R. Carpenter & Co., Ltd. Young Con. became a plan tation manager on Tabar: and, when the Jap invasion came, he remained there.

His mother has been officially informed by the Department of the Navy that the lad has been “posthumously mentioned in despatches for gallantry and distinguished services”; and that, when it is possible to release details of what he did, “it will create in you considerable pride in your son’s courage and devotion to duty.”

Mr. Con. Page, senior, has been ill for some months, and is in the War Memorial Hospital, Waverley, Sydney.

Mrs. Standen To Lecture

In Brisbane

MRS. EVA STANDEN, well known in Papua as a member of the Bamu . River Mission (“the Mission in the Mud”) will be in Brisbane during Nov ember. She will conduct a series of lan tern lectures there on behalf of her mission.

Since the evacuation, Mrs. Standen has been trying unsuccessfully to return to her work in Papua, but so far has not received permission. In the meantime she has been nursing at_ one of Sydney’s military hospitals. During her stay in Brisbane she may be contacted through: The Evangelisation Society, Brisbane Arcade, Queen Street, Brisbane.

Sub-Lieut, C. Page.