George Whittaker

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DLL-KNOWN Territorian, Mr.

G. K. (George) Whittaker, officially left New Guinea, on 3, but his friends should be ig him again occasionally.

Whittaker went to New

iea, in 1924, has always more than fill share of nunity work ding his ;r as elected ber of the isla t i v e icil for New ea mai n . Whittaker d with the rtment o f 1i c Health util the mid after which ;ook up a ation out- Lae, and eractised as

ptometrist in that town for years. is perhaps best known for his with the Territory RSL, r, as President of the Lae ranch and in 1949, the first President of the P-NG h. He was one of the prime rs in the amalgamation of le activities in Papua-New ;a. attended the National *ess of the League in 1956; n Adelaide in 1951. presented ’ase for P-NG State repre uon on the National Executive bly that the proposal was mously accepted.

Whittaker was made a life >er of the League in 1954. He ed the MBE for his military ties during the war in New a. He was also awarded the i’s Coronation Medal. 1954, following the retirement . Carl Jacobsen, Mr. Whittaker eturned as the elected mem )r New Guinea Mainland. He tot seek re-election owing to ilth, which is the main factor decision to leave the Terri- AREWELL to Mr. Whittakfe*' Lae, was arranged by the 3L, on July 2. The public was 1, and the function was at l by the Minister for Terri- Mr. Paul Hasluck, and the Administrator, D. M. Cleland.

Deputy State President of the Mr. D. Gore-Brown, presided ■ absence of Mr. R. Bunting, ent, who was in Australia on

League business. Mr. J. Knight, State Secretary of the League, spoke on behalf of the returned servicemen of the Territory, outlining Mr.

Whittaker’s service to the League over the past 12 years.

Mr. A. J. Bretag, chairman of the Lae Town Advisory Council, supported Mr. Knight on behalf of the people of Lae, and referred to Mr. Whittaker’s public life apart from the RSL—particularly to his

work with the Town Advisory Council. a presentation of a clock was made by Mr. Gore-Brown on behalf 0 f the RSL JN the evening, a dinner was 1 arranged at the Hotel Cecil by the State Branch Executive, the Lae Sub-Branch Executive and Committee, and the Women’s Auxiliary of the League.

Mr. Whittaker photo graphed at Lae airport when leaving NG.