Birthday List
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Honours for Pacific Residents in the Birthday List
FIJI recipients of Birthday Honours were; OBE—Mr. H. A. Ragg, recently retired from Directorship of Public Works.
ISO —Mr. D. F. McCaig, ED, who has been Superintendent of Prisons Since 1946.
British Empire Medal —S ist e r Maria Sesarina, of the Makogai
hospital.
Colonial Police Medal —Superintendent F. S. Wigley, of the Fiji Police.
Certificates of Honour w ere awarded to Mr. A. H. D. Phillips, who helped to rescue Pilot McCook and Josua Raitilava, for his work in Fijian technical education.
AMONG honours announced in Australia were the following, who received OBE’s, and are of interest to P-NG: Mr. J. Ahearn, now of Melbourne, Vic., but until a few months ago a well-known Territorian of about 25 years residence. He is an official of the Vacuum Oil Company and before the war was their represent ative in Rabaul. More recently he had been seconded from that com pany to Australasian Petroleum Co. executive duties in Port Moresby, Mr. Ahearn was very civic minded
; and did a great deal of • voluntary
community work.
Matron Alice Thorhurn, who is senior matron in the Papua-New Guinea Department of Health. Her headquarters are in Port Moresby but she has the. oversight of all Administration hospitals in the Territory. She went to New Guinea in 1935 and served in various hos pitals there as matron. She was oh leave from Rabaul hospital when the Japanese invaded New Britain and so missed internment.
Mr. J. C. Archer, who also re ceived an OBE in the honours was, a week later, appointed Adminis trator of the Northern Territory. He is an old Territorian but of recent years has been First Assistant Secretary to the Department of Territories, Canberra. (See else where) .
Knighthood For Csr Chief
A Knighthood for Mr. R. E. Knox, chairman of the Colonial Sugar Co., the major corporation in Fiji, was announced in the Birthday Honours at the end of May. fl Mrs. J. Tudor, editor of Pacific Islands Monthly, visited Port Moresby, Goroka and Lae, late May early June.