Captain Tuckey Killed

In Action

CAPTAIN P. A. -TUCKEY, eldest son of Mrs. C. Tuckey, and a well-known resident of the Morobe district of New Guinea, was killed in action in the

Sepik region, northern New Guinea, on December 11, 1944. He served originally with the New Guinea Volunteer Rifles; then he saw action with the AIF, and was wounded at Gona, in Papua.

After convalescence, Captain Tuckey was transferred to a New Guinea Infan try Battalion, and he was with this unit when he was killed.

Mrs. P. Holland, of Rose Bay, Sydney, wishes to thank all New Guinea residents who wrote to her expressing sympathy for the loss of her husband, Warrant- Officer G. F. Hammond, who died recently while on active service in New Guinea.