Deaths of Islands People

Mr. Kenneth Gedye Goddard tribute from Douglas S. Askew : A very fine old Territorian, Ken -th Gedye Goddard, better known to I his friends throughout Papua New uinea as “Tiger” Goddard, died ;acefully in hospital at the War eterans’ Home, Narrabeen, Sydney, the end of August. It would be true say that he will be remembered a Very Kindly Gentleman, the soul courtesy and honesty.

“Tiger” was about 82 and led a II and active life in many places, hen World War I broke out he en ted in the Australian Light Horse d served on Gallipoli and in the nai Desert. He afterwards spent a mber of years on cattle stations the Northern Territory and was at e time the manager of Wave Hill ition.

On the outbreak of World War II iger” again enlisted and despite position from some of the Colonel imps who offered him a job at ctoria Barracks he served with a icial mounted unit which patrolled tback in the Northern Territory, ese men were a sort of “Inland >astwatcher” unit because at that le it was suspected that Japanese -nts somewhere inland were morn ing radio information and trans iting it to Japan. That was where irst met “Tiger”, in a bush camp the bank of the Ord River.

Dur next meeting was on another 2r far removed from the Ord; on Vailala River, Western Papua, )ut 1948, and as we both roamed und the territory in the ensuing rs we would always be sure to

et again, Rabaul-Lae-Madang

roka, even in the “Concrete igle’’ that is now Sydney. So ger” has gone, and we won’t in hear his special greeting when raised his glass at any gathering: obs of cheers!”. And that was it he whispered to me the last time iw him!

Mr C. Prentice lanager of the Melbourne Hotel iuva for many years, Mr Campbell ntice died in the Colonial War morial Hospital in Suva towards end of August, only weeks after hotel had closed its doors for the time, before being demolished nake way for an office block. . popular Fiji resident for nearly Mr Prentice, known as Cam ill his friends, was 59. He under t a serious operation in February, te was a child when his parents

lert their Scottish home and went to live in Gisborne New Zealand. He joined the NZ Army as a regular soldier and was posted to Fiji m 1942 to tram soldiers of the Fiji Military is?aS S, 9 n^ e a ?t S ° J erved OI ? Fann j n § I and and after the war pioneered a tr^ in f sectl ?J l the c 7j!!iH the a l d u-?!

SS meD ’ started a rehabilitation p \ ' He leaves a widow, formerly Miss

Margaret Wilson, of Levuka and Suva, a daughter, two grandchildren and a sister.

Mrs Mildred Hill A direct descendant of the McCoy and Christian families of Pitcairn Island, Mrs Mildred Hill, formerly Miss McCoy, has died at her home in Vila, New Hebrides, aged 79.

She and her late husband, Mr George Hill, for many years Treasurer in the Condominium Treasury and Customs Department, went to the New Hebrides in 1914 from Norfolk Island where she was born.

She leaves a son, Mr Minto Hill, who is in Papua New Guinea,