Death Of R. Meynell
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From Our Own Correspondent
Rabaul, July 3
DURING last week, a native runner brought word to Mrs. A. H. Creswell of Lillinikia Plantation, Bainings, that his master was ill. Mrs Creswell immediately set out by canoe to investi gate and found Raymond Maynell, an employee of her husband’s, unconscious.
Mr, Creswell was summoned and Maynell was brought by boat to Rabaul General Hospital. Despite every effort, Maynell did not regain consciousness and died on July 1. Death was due to inflammation of the brain.
Maynell was only 26 and a stranger to Rabaul district. However, he was well known at Wau for his sporting activities.
He served for 5 years during the war with the R.A.N.
He was buried on July 2, following a service at the Roman Catholic Church, by the Rabaul RSL with full ceremony.