Deaths Of Islands People

Mr. Guiseppe Zavattaro

Supervising the last log to be icked on a pile for burning, Mr. niseppe (“Ned”) Zavattaro, man iing director of New Guinea In .stries Ltd., was killed when the j swung unexpectedly and crushed m, at Nadzab, Morobe, NG, on scomber 11. He was 58.

Well-liked and widely known, he ,d been a resident of P-NG for years. From Turin, Italy, he went North Queensland and, in 1935, is one of a small syndicate which ised a mining area in the Upper atut Valley, NG. He served with e US Forces in the war, and :er founded New Guinea Industries riginally formed to purchase my disposal stock).

Later, he branched out into other isinesses and became chairman directors of Lucas and Ducrow d. (transport and timber), Morobe mtations Ltd., and Munum Plant lons Ltd.

His funeral was the largest ever m at Lae. Mrs. Letizia Zavattaro aucluse), his widow, a daughter, rs. Diana Alcorzo, and son Walter, th of Lae, survive him.

Rev. Tom Dent

A. former BSI Methodist .ssionary, who served 12 years on ands in New Georgia group, died :ently in England, where he was retirement. He was the first white ssionary at Morovo, and among e people there his memory is kept een by the fact that many ildren have been given “Dent” as eir Christian name.

Mr. Jim Hoile

Dne of the early NG miners, Mr. n Hoile, died in a Sydney hos ;al at the end of November, fol ding heart attack.

He and his brother, Jack, had a ise on Lower Edie Creek in 1931 d later he was interested in a edging area on the Bulolo, but he ,s not one of the lucky prospectors, i will be remembered as the man io built and ran the first picture eatre at Wau—it was a boon to e amusement-starved miners of e old days.

Vlr. and Mrs. Hoile were evacu ed to Australia during the war, t returned afterwards to NG and ide their home on the old Jap ese wreck on the beach at Mala ng, Lae. They turned it into a ow place, with comfortable living arters and gardens.

He is survived by his wife (now [ng in Sydney), and two daughters, •s. Narida Tait (Lae) and Mrs. ,ione Smith (Minj).

Jommander R. B. M. Long

Commander Rupert Basil Michel ng, RAN (retd.), head of Aus

tralian Naval Intelligence during World War 11, died on January 8, aged 60. (See page 21 this issue).

Mr. Paul Vois

Mr. Paul Vois, a director of the Nickel Company, Noumea, in the early days of World War 11, died in Paris in December.

While he was returning to New Caledonia from Australia, just after the collapse of France, in 1940, on the Notou, the ship was captured by a German raider in the Pacific.

The Europeans, passengers and crew, were later taken with other captured voyagers to occupied France for internment; the native crewmen were dumped on Emirau Island, New Guinea. Mr. Vois wrote a book about his experiences and life aboard the raider.

He is survived by his wife, formerly of British nationality.

Captain Julius Lundin

After having retired only six weeks previously as master of MV Matoka, Captain Julius Lundin died in hos pital at Rabaul, NG, after a brief illness on December 5. He was 69, and had spent half a century on small ships in the New Guinea area and elsewhere.