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Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 April 1949Vol. XIX, No. 9

Ex-Service Doctors For

p. 8 · Read in the full issue

New Guinea

A FORMER flight-lieutenant in the RAF, and a specialist with the RAMC, are among the three migrant doctors (all ex-Servicemen) who are being flown from England to help relieve the acute shortage of medical officers in New Guinea. They are Drs. W. Boyd, G. C.

Tweedle and A. P. Maruff. All are in their thirties.

Dr. Boyd served with Fighter Com mands in Britain and in South-East Asia.

Dr. Tweedle was a surgical specialist, 1942-1946, and held rank as Major. Dr.

Maruff, who served in India from 1941 to 1947, held rank as Major.