Memorial Service to NG

Invasion Victims

A MEMORIAL service for the men (including over 200 New Guinea civilians) who lost their lives in the “Montevideo Maru” in June, 1942, or who were lost in the Japanese invasion of New Britain, was held in St. Andrew’s Cathedral, Sydney, on December 16, 1945.

Relatives and friends of the victims filled the Cathedral to capacity.

Captain C. H. V. Hodgess has written from the Solomon Islands, expressing annoyance because, in an article about his .wartime service, published in the “PIM” in November, he is described as being in command of the Solomon Islands Labour Corps. This, it appears, is a completely wrong statement. The Corps was organised and commanded from its inception in November, 1942, up until now, by Commander C. V. Widdy, under whom Captain Hodgess served as a company commander. We regret the error and the natural annoyance felt by

Captain Hodgess.