Death Of A. K. M. Edwards
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A MAN who had given long and valuable service to the Territory died in Fort Moresby on June 21 under tragic circumstances.
He was Mr. A. K. M. Edwards, aged 50, and a geologist whose Island experience went back to 1935. He died from injuries received when he was thrown from his motor cycle while travelling along the Koki Road towards Badili on June 18.
Mr. Edwards started his Territory career with Oil Search Limited in 1935, and later went to the Australasian Petroleum Company, finally taking up a government appointment in June, 1949.
At the time of his death he was on the staff of the Commonwealth Bureau of Mineral Resources, seconded to the Administration as Chief Geologist. In the war years he served with the American forces in the Islands and later with the RAAF.
His knowledge of Territory geological matters was extensive and his death is a severe loss to Papua and New Guinea.
He is survived by his widow and a schoolboy son.