Heaths Of Islands People
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Herbert Ewen (“Bert”)
Haynes
, Herbert E. Haynes, who died months ago at his Sydney , was well known in the ion Islands and Papua in the 1920’5. ween 1920 and 1924 he was with Survey Department at Tulagi, ; and between 1924 and 1926 e Vailala River, Gulf of Papua, il fields accountant with the Guinea Oil Co. Ltd. is company was the first pri oil prospecting company to ,te in Papua, and two relatives r. Bert Haynes, the late R. S. es and Mr. L. T. Haynes, made first applications to drill for lere in 1923. The first well was at Hohoro—since one scene 5 C operations.
Bert Haynes was on the staff le NSW Housing Commission e time of his death.
I. Moreton Willmott
; death occurred on October n South Australia, of Mr. ton Willmott, aged 67. was a well-known resident of Guinea before the war, arriv here as a police officer in the 30’s. He later resigned and nd his wife ran the Pacific for a number of years. Since
the war they have lived in Sydney.
Mr. Willmott, who had been in ill-health for several years, is sur vived by his wife, Ramola.
Mr. Lan Loudon
Papua lost one of its most pro gressive and popular planters on November 2, when lan Loudon, of Sogeri, died in a car crash near the Kokoda Monument. The car, which he was driving, plunged over a low level concrete bridge into the Laloki River, landing upside down.
Mr. Loudon, 36, had a brilliant war record. He was a Spitfire pilot in England in 1940, was promoted Wing-Commander in Australia at the age of 23, and later joined the Fleet Air Arm of the Royal Navy.
He won the DFC and was mentioned in despatches.
Mr. Loudon in the last few years created special interest with the successful introduction of cattle into his rubber plantation, running the risks experienced by those attempt ing new industries.
The P-NG Assistant Administrator, Dr. John Gunther, said in a tribute to the late Mr. Loudon, “He was a fine man, and a visionary. His death is a tragic loss to this country,”
He left a widow and two sons.