History Of Calvary Group In
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Papuan Islands
IN an article and photograph in Febru ary PIM, we sought information con cerning a Calvary figure which had been erected on one of the islands east of Samarai, Panua.
Captain K. McGheei, master of the mission vessel Morning Star, has kindly informed us that this was originally part of a Calvary group at Milne Bay and, when the Japs came, the figures were hidden by Father R. Baldwin, MSC.
Sometime later, the glroup was taken from the earth by an American Chaplain and was placed in the Catholic Chapel at Ahioma, Eastern Papua. Later, it was transferred to the Catholic Chapel of the RAAF at Ladaba, Milne Bay.
Late in 1948 the Cross figure—not the whole Calvary group—was taken to Nimoa Island, Eastern Papua, where it was erected and is cared for by the Catholic Mission station (Sacred Heart) conducted by Father K. Twomey MSC.
One report said that the figure had been erected over the grave of an un known missionary—but that is not cor rect.