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Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 June 1969Vol. 40, No. 6

Harry Luke

p. 166 · Read in the full issue

Death of Sir Harry Luke

Sir Harry Luke, High Com missioner of the Western Pacific and Governor of Fiji from 1938 to 1942, died in Cyprus in May, aged 84, He had retired from the Colonial Service in 1943 but still continued to take an active interest in men and affairs, and to write books. He wrote many historical works, several volumes of autobiography and a book on gastronomy. His output included four books on the South Pacific. Sir Harry revisited the South Seas in 1957/58.