"Gone Finish"

From Lae

John A. Baker Of L

New Guinea, has just finishec term there of seven years manager of the Burns Ph branch and has returned to A tralia.

HE was born at Warminster, W shire, England, in March, 19 his father being an Australian se ing in the First AIF. The fan moved back to Australia the n year, and settled at Albany, V where John did all his schooling, left school at the age of 15 j joined the WA Government R ways. In October, 1939, he w into camp with the Citizen Milit Forces, and transferred to the P in 1940.

He left Darwin in December, 19 in the old Marella, flagship of Burns Philp line, and was transfer at Port Moresby to the A quit at This ship took the troops right aroi Australia and finally landed them Singapore just four weeks before surrender. John was with the 2nd/- Machine-Gun Battalion, serving w the Bth Division.

After three weeks in the Cha Camp, John was moved to Victo Point in Burma, and then to Th; buzayat at the northern end of i projected railway, on which

A Brett Hilder Profile

ured for three long years. After Japanese surrender he was taken to Singapore and finally reached ralia in October, 1945. hen he was reasonably fit again vorked for a time in Perth, and joined Burns Philp to serve in r Guinea. He was made shipping ager at Lae, having much happier lories of ships than he had of /ays.

Seen Lae Grow is service in New Guinea started ebruary, 1947, and he was made ager of the Lae branch in Decem -1954. He has seen Lae grow mously since the early post-war , and he has helped to make it wn worth living in.

March, 1949, he married Peggy, ;hter of Bert Beer of the Ad stration Public Works Depart t. Although her parents were in Guinea off and on from 1919 1954, Peggy was born and oled in Australia, sing a good Burns Philp man, i has little leisure for his hobbies, ;h he lists as beer, fishing and He has served as president of Lae Golf Club for two years. •hn Baker’s new job is manager 'dmondson’s, a Burns Philp store Vagga, NSW, and he looks for -1 to it after 15 years in the

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Brett Milder.

Onvict Restoration: Work

continue in March on the repair preservation of some of the his : convict buildings at Kingston, folk Island.