News Of Charles Munster

Wanted

IF anyone has any information which may throw some light upon the fate of Mr. Charles Munster, planter, of Manus, New Guinea, he is kindly re quested to write to Mrs. Anna Munster, at 218 Lethbridge Street, Penrith, New South Wales. Mrs. Munster is now living in Penrith with her three child ren, and cannot make much progress in the settlement of her husband’s affairs owing to uncertainty as to what became of him.

Mr. Munster and Mr. J. T. McEvoy, both of whom were planters in Manus, left Manus, each in his own schooner, in January. It is known that Mr. McEvoy had the bad fortune to sail right into the middle of the huge Jap invasion fleet* and he ultimately reached Rabaul, as a prisoner, and apparently was shipped away on the ill-fated “Montevideo Maru.”

Mr. Munster’s schooner also was cap tured by the Japs, but in different cir cumstances. He apparently was taken to New Britain by the Japs, and then back to the Admiralty Islands. It seems fairly clear that he was in Manus, early in the Jap occupation; but from that time on all trace oT him has been lost. One report not authentic is that he was shipped away from Manus with some of the missionaries from the Admiralties.

Any information which might throw light on his fate would be gratefully received by Mrs. Munster, or by the “Pacific Islands Monthly.”

The death occurred in Sydney on Octo ber 28 of Captain J. D. S. Phillips. He served for many years with Burns, Philp & Co., Ltd., and the Union Steamship Co., Ltd., in the Pacific trade, and was 80 years old.