ABC’s New Manager
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Mr. H. S. Sibary, formerly Federal I Programme Executive, and now ABC C manager for Papua-New Guinea, took up q his duties there early in January. Mrs.
Sibary will leave Sydney to join him in n February. The third member of the 9 family, 13-year-old John, will remain at 1 Barker College. Mr. Sibary was born in n England, was educated at Ardingly 7 College, Sussex, and the Royal Military j College, Sandhurst. Commissioned to the 9 Norfolk Regiment, he later transferred to o the Indian Army and saw service in n Palestine and Syria during World War I, ,1 and afterwards in India. He retired with n the rank of Captain. In 1923 he settled b in Australia, making a career in farming g and in business. He became associated b with broadcasting in 1929, first as a announcer for the AWA station at the 9 All-Australian Exhibition in Melbourne, ,s and then as manager for 6PR, Perth. He 9 joined the ABC as Studio Supervisor in n Melbourne in 1937, and by 1939, trans ferred to head office in Sydney where he 9 became Federal Programme Executive.