New Mission Boat For
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New Guinea
SIX missionaries of the Australian Lutheran Church have set out, from Sydney, in their 48 ft. launch for Rooke Island, in the strait between New Guinea and New Ireland, which was the headquarters of their Mission before the Jap invasion.
The launch, newly built, has a 66 HP Kelvin engine, weighs about 20 tons, and can accommodate six Europeans aft and a native crew of six forward. It is called Umboi 11. Umboi I was lost while in Army service, on the north coast of New Guinea.
The men in the party (photographed on the Umboi) left to right, are: Rev. C.
Eckerman, Mr. R. Kleinig, Mr. A. Klei nig, Rev. K. Nagel, Mr. V. Neumann, Rev. A. P. H. Freund.
The Australian Lutherans rendered notable service to the United States and Australian forces during the Pacific war, especially in 1942-43, when most difficult and hazardous work was done in Jap infested New Guinea waters.
Mr. H. F. Anderson has been appointed Registrar General and Registrar of the Supreme Court, Fiji.
UMBOI II, and the men who sailed in her.