Death Of Mr. Mark

Roebuck

WELL known in the South Pacific and in Hawaii, where he was stationed for 23 years, Mr. Mark Roebuck died in Honolulu on March 27. He was 65 years old.

He was born in England, but as a child went to North Queensland. He was chief engineer on the “Tanagroa”—Pacific Cable Board supply ship running between Honolulu and Fanning Island—in 1919 and on completion of the job, settled down in Hawaii with local shipping com panies. During this period he had one cruise to the South Pacific—as engineer on the yacht “Kaimiloa.”

He took a position on shore between 1933-36, but then returned to the sea as chief engineer on the Pan-American Air ways “Trade Wind,” running between Honolulu and Guam.

At the outbreak of war he joined the US Navy Supply Department, taking sev eral trips to the South Pacific, for which he was commended by the United States Navy.

His wife was formerly Miss Marie Gregory, an Australian who spent six years in Fiji on the staff of Morris Hedstrom, Ltd.

Beside his widow, Mr. Roebuck leaves a son, daughter-in-law and two grandsons in Australia: a son, Lieut. Frank Roe buck. of the US Coast Guard; and a daughter, Iris (Mrs. John Lang), San Francisco.