Flynn's Eur
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More Echoes Flynn's Eur Daughter
lemories of Errol Flynn pub ,ed in “PIM” since his death ie brought other memories to it. The following was told to M” by Mr. “Ted” Bishton, who \ well known as an Amalgamated •eless pioneer in New Guinea be > the war, and who still has a nection there through his lership of a couple of planta is in New Ireland. He knew nn well when the then young manian was rocketing around i Guinea over 30 years ago.
IROh FLYNN had som e romantic associations with native women in New Guinea: a New Ireland girl was his tress in Kavieng for a while, s girl bore him a daughter; and her and child were cared for by people of the mother’s village, m Flynn went away, he child was named Marguerite, was light in colour, and clever attractive. A European planter ced her in a native village, and fired about her, and was in aed that she was the property i Malay. be planter interviewed the ay, and persuaded him to sell child; and he took her home i him to his coastal plantation, was then about 10 or 11 years
Pretty Little Girl
be Assistant District Officer at ieng was Mr. M. S. Edwards, noticed this pretty little Euro an girl on the coastal planta , where she seemed well cared and he knew her to be the ited daughter of Errol Flynn, did not like the child’s environ it, however, so he persuaded the iter to allow him to take her y. ius, Marguerite Flynn entered household of Mr. and Mrs. ards, in Kavieng, where she was >emaid to the two Edwards’ iren, and received suitable ;ation and training. year or two later, when guerite was about 13 or 14, the invasion of New Guinea atened, and Mrs. Edwards and children hurriedly were sent ;h.
X) Edwards remained there, thus became a prisoner of the i; and he was among the many )pean civilians who were killed aat area. ius, Marguerite lost her pro )r and her home.
It is not known what happened to her after the invasion. But it is known that, during the enemy occupation, she became the wife of a New Guinea police-boy; and she died when giving birth to her first child.
“She was a pretty and a clever half-caste girl,” said Mr. Bishton, “and she knew that she was the daughter of Errol Flynn, who by then had become famous in Hollv wood.”