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Pacific Islands Monthly, 18 June 1945Vol. XV, No. 11

Engagement of Wau Interest

p. 51 · Read in the full issue

MISS DAPHNE BECK, younger daugh ter of Mrs. C. C. Beckett, formerly of Wau, New Guinea, and the late C. D. Beck, of Wau, has announced her engagement to Capt. Raymond Watson, MBE, of the AIF.

Capt. Watson was also well-known in the Morobe district as a member of the New Guinea Police Force, A memorial service was recently held at Tol for those who lost their lives during the retreat from Rabaul in 1942. The service was conducted by Chaplain W.

Holt, of Melbourne; Chaplain L. W. Riley, of Perth (WA), read the lesson, and Chaplain W. R. Brook, of Adelaide, gave the address. All work in the area ceased for the playing of the “Last Post.”