Port Moresby
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Woman Killed In Air Crash
Mrs. Mary Lalor, wife of Papua - New Guinea’s public solicitor, Mr. Peter Lalor, was to be this month’s “Port Moresby Personality” in the regular PIM series by Sibyl Lloyd.
The drawing, above was al ready in PlM’s pages when news was received on July 1 that Mrs.
Lalor had been killed in a light aircraft crash near Wewak. Also killed in the crash were Father Larry Zampesi, of Wewak, and Father McKenna, a visiting priest from Queensland. The aircraft, piloted by one of the priests, was flying between two mission stations.
Mrs. Lalor was the Commis sioner of Girl Guides in Papua- New Guinea. She joined the Guide Movement soon after ar riving in the territory 14 years ago. In 1966 she was presented with the “Beaver” award for outstanding service to the move ment.
Born in Victoria and married 15 years, Mrs. Lalor enjoyed sailing with her husband in their yacht Westwind, which they bought back from England in 1962, when they spent a year travelling through Europe.
The plane in which Mrs. Lalor was killed was the second to come to grief in P-NG in June.
Earlier, a single-engine Cessna with three passengers, was lost in the Highlands.