In Memoriam – Corporate

In loving memory of those families who paid the supreme price while in active service throughout the South Pacific mission fields of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in sharing the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

Email news@record.net.au to submit a name to this list*. Please include the individual’s full name, date of death, country of service and a brief description.

“Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends.”—John 15:13 (NKJV)

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ABBOTT, Malcolm Edwin
July 1, 1942 (aged 34)—Papua New Guinea
Pastor from Australia. Died in the sinking of Montevideo Maru, a Japanese prison ship torpedoed by mistake. [1]
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ADRIAN, Herbert William
September 19, 1937—Waimaro village, Fiji
Mission accountant. Died in car accident. Buried in Suvavou. [2]

ALEXIS, Christopher Allan
April 16, 1983 (aged 2 months)—Kabiufa, Papua New Guinea
Son of teachers Joel and Rita Alexis. Died of SIDS (cot death). Buried in Kabiufa. [3]

ANDERSON, Leslie Earl
May 3, 2002—Papua New Guinea
Missionary pilot and pastor from the United States, who had served in both Ethiopia and PNG. Died in plane crash between Karimui and Goroka. [4]
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ATKINS, Arthur Stanley
March 13, 1942 (aged 42)—Rabaul, Papua New Guinea
Leader in the New Guinea Mission. Died in the Japanese-controlled hospital in Rabaul. Buried at St Mary’s Catholic Cemetery, Kokopo. [5]
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BAGGA, James M
January 23, 1993 (aged 50)—Suva, Fiji
Missionary evangelist from India who recently arrived in Fiji. Buried in Suvavou. [6]

BALLARD, Keith Leslie
March 28, 1967 (aged 27)—Lae, Papua New Guinea
District pastor at Maprik, East Sepik Province. Died of blood poisoning. Buried in Lae. Local church named the “Keith Ballard Memorial Church” in his honour. [7]

BARNETT, Graham Frederick
October 28, 1998 (aged 43)—Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Died of burns sustained in fuel fire/explosion at Pacific Adventist University, Papua New Guinea, where he served as head of the Education department. [8]
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BLANCH, Andrew David
October 26, 1978 (newborn)—Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
Son of Pastor David and Patricia (Pearce) Blanch. Died of complications at birth. Buried in Port Moresby. Pastor Blanch was serving as district director in Daru, Western Province, at the time of his death. [9]

BOEHM, Dorothy
June 15, 1940 (aged 29)—Warburton, Victoria
Served with her husband, Eric Boehm, in Papua from 1930. Died of cerebral malaria while on furlough. [10]

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CALDWELL, Dale Arthur
February 12, 1948 (aged 4 months)—Mt Hagen, Papua New Guinea
Son of David and Joy (Heaton) Caldwell. Died of malaria. Buried at Mt Hagen. David was a government medical worker serving in Mt Hagen at the time of his death. [11]

CALDWELL, Wendy Lee
June 16, 1950 (infant)—Papua New Guinea
Daughter of David and Joy (Heaton) Caldwell. Buried in Port Moresby. David was serving as a missionary at the time of her death. [12]

CAMPBELL, Kenneth David
May 31, 1937 (aged 15 months)—Salamaua, Papua New Guinea
Son of Alexander and Emily (Ford) Campbell. Died of pneumonia. Buried at Salamaua. Parents were serving at Kainantu (also known as Ramu River Mission) at the time of his death. [13]

CARR, Harold Patterson
October 6, 1913 (aged 8½ months)—Atchin, New Herbrides (now Vanuatu)
Son of Harold and Clara (Patterson) Carr. Died of acute bronchitis. Buried at Atchin. Parents were serving as missionaries in New Hebrides (now Vanuatu) at the time of his death. [14]

CHUGG, Merlene Ruth
November 30, 1979—Holgate, New South Wales, Australia
Died of pulmonary embolism. Buried at Avondale Lawn Cemetery, Cooranbong. Merlene was to follow her husband, Kevin, to Atoifi, Solomon Islands. Kevin had left a week earlier to begin his work as a builder for the Western Pacific Union Mission. [15]

COLLETT, Estelle
1936—Kavieng, Papua New Guinea
Daughter of Trevor and Olga (Wiles) Collett. Died of head trauma at birth. Buried at Kavieng. Parents were self-supporting missionaries on Mussau. [16]

COLLETT, Trevor
July 1, 1942—Papua New Guinea
Self-supporting missionary (from Australia) on Mussau. Died in the sinking of Montevideo Maru, a Japanese prison ship torpedoed by mistake. [17]
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COLQUHOUN
November 8, 1968 (newborn)—Tarawa, Gilbert Islands (now Kiribati)
Daughter of Peter and Carelle (Boyle) Colquhoun. Buried at Tarawa. Peter was president of the Gilbert and Ellis Island Mission at the time of her death. [18]

CORMACK, Wendy Joy
July 13, 1946 (aged 1 year 7 months)—Rarotonga, Cook Islands
Daughter of James and Linda (McLane) Cormack. Died of pneumonia. Buried at Rarotonga. [19]

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DAIVALU, Ratu Tevita
May 23, 1928—Bisiatabu, Papua New Guinea
Missionary from Fiji. Died of blackwater fever at Bisiatabu. Buried in the Samoan section of the Port Moresby cemetery. [20]

DICKINS, Garry John
April 22, 1949 (aged 3 months)—Rabaul, Papua New Guinea
Son of Hugh and Royce (Stockton) Dickins. Buried at Rabaul. [21]

DUNN, Brian Mansfield
December 19, 1965—Honiara, Solomon Islands
Murdered (speared) while serving as a missionary nurse at Atoifi Adventist Hospital, Malaita. Buried in Honiara. [22]

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FERRIS, Christina (Chrissie)
January 26, 1955—Wahroonga, New South Wales, Australia
Wife of Walter Ferris. Died following major surgery at Sydney Adventist Hospital while on furlough from mission work in Fiji. [23]

FERRIS, Colleen Ann
October 23, 1939 (aged 3 years 5 months)—Kwailabesi, Solomon Islands
Daughter of Pastor David and Edith (Candish) Ferris. Died from chocking on quinine tablet complicated by “thymus trouble”. Buried at Kwailabesi. The Ferrises were serving at a mission station in Kwailabesi at the time of her death. [24]
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FERRIS, Esther
November 18, 1922 (aged 16)—Wahroonga, New South Wales, Australia
Grew up on Norfolk Island with missionary parents, Pastor Arthur and Jessie (Dunlop) Ferris. Died at Sydney Adventist Hospital. Buried at Avondale Cemetery, Cooranbong. The Ferrises were serving on Lord Howe Island at the time of her death. [25]
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FERRIS, Jean
January 26, 1935 (aged 2 days)—Suva, Fiji
Daughter of Pastor Walter and Chrissie (Lowe) Ferris. Died of neonatal complications. Buried at Tamavua. [26]
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FERRIS, Ronald Bobbie
June 8, 1933 (aged 1 day)—Suva, Fiji
Son of Pastor Walter and Chrissie (Lowe) Ferris. Died of neonatal complications. Buried in Suvavou. [27]
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FULTON, George Lorin
September 20, 1904 (aged 7)—Tamavua, Fiji
Son of John and Susie (Newlon) Fulton. Died of “bowel difficulty”. Buried at Suvavou. [28]

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GERSBACH, Lance Russell
May 18, 2003—Malaita, Solomon Islands
Missionary from Australia. Murdered while serving as business manager of Atoifi Adventist Hospital. Buried in Ourimbah, New South Wales. Lance and his wife, Jean, has previously served in Papua New Guinea. [29]
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GILLIS, Graeme Adrian
April 29, 1948 (aged 2 years 9 months)—Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
Son of Stanley and Ivy (Masters) Gillis. Died of of diphtheria/malaria. Buried at Port Moresby. [30]

GRAY, Amy
May 11, 1926 (aged 3 years)—Ghoghombe, Solomon Islands
Daughter of David Gray and Mabel (Goldsmith) Gray. Died of cholera. Buried at Ghoghombe. [31]

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HAMILTON, Andrew Brian
July 8, 1979 (aged 5½ years)—Papua New Guinea
Son of Brian and June (Holland) Hamilton. Died in motor vehicle accident on Goroka-Madang road. Buried at Kabiufa. [32]

HOKE, Sepi Bali
March 28, 1963 (aged 5)—Papua New Guinea
Daughter of Wilson Hoke, a British Solomon Islander missionary to Bougainville. Drowned in loss of MV Polurrian between Buka and Rabaul. [33]

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JAMA, Bessie
1993 (aged 11)—Papua New Guinea
Daughter of Jerry Jama, a missionary from Solomon Islands serving as a Sonoma College lecturer.

JOHNSTON, Christine Tania
August 28, 1972 (aged 4)—Madang, Papua New Guinea
Daughter of Bruce and Lei (Morne) Johnston. Died of myocarditis. Buried in Madang. [34]

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KNOPPER, Peter Andreas
March 16, 1988 (aged 32)—Eastern Highlands, Papua New Guinea
Murdered (shooting) outside his home at Mt Michael. Peter was serving as director of the Homu district and Homu Laymen’s Training School at the time of his death. [35]
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LANG, Frederick
November 23, 1930—Fiji
Teacher at Buresala Training School. Lost at sea in MV Cina shipping tragedy (hurricane). [36]

LARWOOD, Lens George
August 15, 1979—Malaita, Solomon Islands
Business manager of Atoifi Adventist Hospital, who helped establish the School of Nursing at the hospital. Died of head injuries sustained in tractor accident. Lens also oversaw the construction of a hydro-electric generation plant at the school—the first of its kind in Solomon Islands. [37]
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LEE, Noel
January 25, 1928 (aged 4 years 11 months)—New Georgia, Solomon Islands
Son of Charles and Margaret (Nixon) Lee. Died of dysentery at Kukegolo Methodist Hospital, New Georgia. Buried at Dovele, Vella Lavella. [38]
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LELLO, John
November 26, 2012 (aged 46)—Ama Mission, East Sepik, Papua New Guinea
Adventist Frontier Missions (AFM) missionary from United States. Died in tree-felling accident at Sepik River. [39]
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LEMKE, Adrian Blair
December 29, 1952 (aged 4)—Turama River, Papua New Guinea
Son of Ernest and Delys (Blair) Lemke, missionaries based at Oriomo. Drowned in Lao Heni II ship explosion. Buried in Port Moresby. [40]

LEMKE, David Wayne
December 29, 1952 (aged 6)—Turama River, Papua New Guinea
Son of Ernest and Delys (Blair) Lemke, missionaries based at Oriomo. Drowned in Lao Heni II ship explosion. Body not recovered. [41]

LEMKE, Delys
December 29, 1952—Turama River, Papua New Guinea
Missionary based at Oriomo with her husband, Ernest. Drowned in Lao Heni II ship explosion. Buried in Port Moresby. [42]

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MAAFU, Vetenia
1913 (aged 10)—Vava’u, Tonga
Daughter of Fijian missionaries Henry and Mrs Maafu. Died of consumption (tuberculosis). [43]

MAJA
January, 1940—Manus, Papua New Guinea
Missionary from Ranongga, Solomon Islands. Died of chest infection. Buired Malai Bay. [44]

MANELE, Joyce Raylene
August 27, 2008—Solomon Islands
Missionary from South New Georgia Island. Wife of Pastor Jim Manele. Died while couple was serving at Sonoma Adventist College. Buried at Betikama, Guadalcanal. [45]

MARKS, Dora Ruth
April 18, 1938 (2 years 10 months)—Put Put, Papua New Guinea
Daughter of Raglan and Alice (Kemp) Marks. Died of haemorrhagic dysentery. Buried at Put Put. First expatriate missionary death in PNG. [46]

McLAUCHLAN, Mervyn
May 19, 1969 (aged 52)—Paglum, Papua New Guinea
Teacher and principal at Western Highlands Central School. Died of coronary occlusion. Buried at Mt Hagen cemetery. [47]

MEGHA, Deni Mark (Dennie)
September 15, 1944—Kambubu, Papua New Guinea
Solomon Islands missionary serving as acting principal of Kambubu school. Died of malaria and injuries sustained during torture by Japanese military. Buried near Kambubu. [48]

Miller, Karen Adele
November 9, 1959 (aged 5 months)—Fiji
Daughter of missionaries Kenneth Ross and Mertle Miller. Died of pneumonia and congenital heart disease. Buried in Lautoka. [49]

MOOI, Wesley
August 5, 2011 (aged 44)—Vanua Lava, Vanuatu
Adventist Laymen’s Services and Industries volunteer from Beaudesert, Queensland. Died in tree felling accident while building an airstrip to support medical aviation mission work. The runway he was helping to clear was named Wesley Airstrip upon its completion. [50]

MOSESE, Naomi Stewart
April 1944—Fiji
Foster daughter of Pastor A G Stewart and wife of Fijian minister Mosese Nasesi. [51]

MURRAY, Ralph Stewart
June 11, 1990 (aged 61)—Apia, Samoa
Missionary from Australia. Died in motorbike accident. Ralph served 28 years in Papua New Guinea. After returning to Australia for a few months, he went as a volunteer to Samoa to assist in cyclone-damage repairs. [52]

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OTI, Emily
1929—Bougainville, Papua New Guinea
She and her husband, Oti Maekera, were pioneer missionaries from Solomon Islands. [53]

OTI, Glynn (Glen)
(school-age) Rabaul, Papua New Guinea
Son of Maekera and Emily Oti, pioneer missionaries from Solomon Islands.

OWEN, Sarah
July 9, 1895—Rarotonga, Cook Islands
Pioneer missionary from Battle Creek, Michigan (USA), who travelled to Cook Islands with husband David A Owen on the 3rd voyage of the Pitcairn. Buried in LMS cemetery in Avarua. [54]

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PARKER, Murial
May 16, 1930—Batuna, Solomon Islands
Missionary wife of Arthur Parker. Died of haemorrhage six weeks after arrival. Buried in Batuna. [55]

PASCOE, David
March 9, 1955 (aged a few months)—Sydney, Australia
Son of Pastor Martin and Joyce Pascoe. Died of septal heart defect contracted at birth in Papua New Guinea. Parents had returned to Australia to seek medical attention. The Pascoes served in PNG for 27 years. [56]

PLANE, Rhonda Clare
February 28, 1975 (aged 9)—Wahroonga, New South Wales, Australia
Daughter of Ron and Pat Plane. Died of cancer at Sydney Adventist Hospital (aged 9). Family had just returned to Australia from Sopas, Papua New Guinea, where Ron served as nursing school director. [57]

PLANE, Tatsiana
May 18, 1975—East New Britain Province, Papua New Guinea
She and husband Barry Plane served as missionary teachers at Kambubu. Died of viral hepatitis at Nonga Hospital just weeks after arriving in PNG. Buried in Cooranbong, Australia. [58]

POWRIE, Gregory
1964 (newborn)—Aore, New Herbrides (now Vanuatu)
Son of missionary teachers Cedric and Jennifer (Smartt) Powrie. Died of birth complications. Buried in Aore. [59]

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RAUSU, Thelma
1958 (aged 1)—Belepa, Gulf, Papua New Guinea
Daughter of Solomon Islands missionary teachers Tomme and Mrs Rausu. Buried at Belepa. [60]

ROWDEN, John Hampton
May 4, 1975 (aged 31)—Buca Bay, Fiji
Principal of Vatuvonu Junior Secondary School, Vanua Levu. Drowned in water-skiing accident. Body never recovered. [61]

ROWE, Jack William George
August 2, 1946—Buca Bay, Fiji
Missionary from Melbourne, Australia. Drowned following boat explosion at Buca Bay. Body not recovered. Jack was serving as district director for Vanua Levu and Lau at the time of his death. [62]
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RUPA, Lenard
1984 (aged 12)—Santo, Vanuatu
Son of Kila and Della Rupa, missionaries from Papua New Guinea. Died of tetanus after standing on rusty nail. Buried in Santo. Kila was serving as Vanuatu Mission secretary-treasurer at the time of his son’s death. [63]

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SALUA, Vogae
June 16, 1934—Katulusai, Mussau, Papua New Guinea
Solomon Islands missionary; first wife of Robert Salua. Died of fever during childbirth, along with stillborn baby. Buried in Katulusai. [64]

SHIELDS, Lawrence Graham
April 23, 1973 (aged 31)—Goroka, Eastern Highlands, Papua New Guinea
Missionary pastor and pilot. Died in crash of VH-UBY mission plane. Buried at Kabiufa Adventist Cemetery. [65]

SILLS, Paul William
July 8, 1979 (aged 2 years 11 months)—Papua New Guinea
Son of Raymond and Janette (Guthrie) Sills. Died in motor vehicle accident on Goroka-Madang road. Buried in Kabiufa. Raymond was serving as president of the Western Highlands Mission at the time of his death. [66]

SILLS, Stephen Malcolm
July 8, 1979 (aged 7½ years)—Papua New Guinea
Son of Raymond and Janette (Guthrie) Sills. Died in motor vehicle accident on Goroka-Madang road. Buried in Kabiufa. Raymond was serving as president of the Western Highlands Mission at the time of his death. [67]

SOLOMON, Tuaine (SOLOMONA, Terai, Terry)
April 8, 1938 (aged 52)—Mirigeda, Papua New Guinea
Missionary from Cook Islands. Died of a facial malignancy. Buried at Mirigeda. [68]

STRATFORD, Doreen Fay
May 3, 1944 (aged 3 months)—Auckland, New Zealand
Daughter of Roy and Ivy (Butcher) Stratford. Died of pneumonia the day before the family were due to sail to Fiji. She was taken on the trip and buried in Suvavou, Fiji. [69]

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TAVODI, Penisimani (Peni, Beni, Benisimani, Bennie)
October 9, 1918—Bisiatabu, Papua New Guinea
Pioneer missionary from Fiji. Died from snakebite. Buried at Bisiatabu Mission. One of two Adventist missionaries to first visit Papua in 1908). [70] (Note: later reports claiming he was murdered are based on a tribal confession 100 years later that a sorcerer had put a spell on him, ultimately “causing” the snakebite. In tribal thinking, that meant murder.) [71]
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TAY, John I
January 8, 1892 (aged 61)—Suva, Fiji
American pioneer missionary to Pitcairn Island and Fiji. Died of influenza (“la grippe”). Buried in Suva. [72]

TERETI, Kelena
September 25, 1933—Fiji
Fijian missionary serving in Papua New Guinea (along with husband Tereti Nagara). Died soon after giving birth while on furlough in Fiji. Kelena’s health was weakened after serving three years at Vailala, on the gulf of Papua. [73]

THOMSON, Frederick Christyn
March 27, 1964 (aged 9 months)—Rarotonga, Cook Islands
Son of Stanley and Fiona (Cornell) Thomson. Cause of death unknown. Buried at Rarotonga. Stanley was serving as headmaster of Paparoa School at the time of his death. [74]

TOLHURST, Margaret Gladys Pearl
March 14, 1919 (aged 28)—Faleloa, Ha’apai, Tonga
Missionary teacher. Died of Spanish influenza. Buried in Faleloa. First Avondale College graduate to die in the mission fields of the South Pacific. [75]

TUCKER, Dallas
February 18, 1944 (aged 6)—Suva, Fiji
Son of Evan and Noreen (Rudge) Tucker. Died of dysentery. Buried in Suvavou. [76]

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VAN BIGNOOT, Isabelle
December 21, 1991 (aged 2)—Noumea, New Caledonia
Daughter of Johan and Elizabeth van Bignoot. Drowned. Buried at Ghent in Belgium. Johan was serving as president of the New Caledonia Mission at the time of her death. [77]

VIVA, Daniel
March 29, 1963—Papua New Guinea
Missionary teacher from Solomon Islands. Taken by sharks or barracuda after 24 hours of repeated attacks, following the sinking of the MV Polurrian between Buka and Rabaul. Daniel’s daughter (aged 2) and son (aged 1) both died of exposure/drowning. His wife, Jean, survived. [78]

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WATTS, Brendon
September 9, 1957 (newborn)—Warburton, Victoria, Australia
Son of Horace and Margaret (Rousell) Watts. Died of complications at birth. The Watts’ were serving on Aoba, New Herbrides (now Vanuatu), when Margaret returned to Australia to give birth, while her husband remained in New Herbrides. [79]

WICKS, Madeline
September 11, 1937 (aged 50)—Rarotonga, Cook Islands
Missionary nurse. Died of stroke. Buried in Titikaveka, Rarotonga. She and her husband, Harold Wicks, were missionaries in Cook Islands and Solomon Islands. [80]

WILES, Norman
May 5, 1920 (aged 27)—Malekula, New Herbrides (now Vanuatu)
Pioneer missionary from Australia. Died of black water fever. Served and was buried at the Big Nambus mission station. [81]

WILSON, Shirley
February 23, 1972 (aged 35)—Preston, Victoria, Australia
Wife of Walter Wilson, a literature evangelist and missionary teacher in Papua New Guinea. Died of infection back in Australia after being evacuated from PNG. Buried at Fawkner cemetery, Melbourne. [82]

WRIGHT, Phil
December 14, 1941 (aged 29)—Tahiti, Society Islands, French Oceania (now French Polynesia)
New Zealand missionary serving as super-intendant of East Polynesian Mission. Died of pneumonia. [83]

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YOUNG, Sara Mareta (Mareta Sara)
July 14, 1906—Apia, Samoa
Pioneer missionary nurse from Pitcairn Island. Died of pneumonia. Buried at Tufuiopa cemetery. Sara served in French Oceania (now French Polynesia) and Tonga from 1894 to 1900. She completed her nursing training at the Sanitarium hospital (now Sydney Adventist Hospital) in 1903 [84], then went on to Samoa in 1904. She is the first San graduate to give her life in mission service. [85]

*List updated July 2020.

[1] “Three Missing Men Now Reported Lost”, Australasian Record, Vol. 49, No. 47, November 19, 1945, 5; W.G. Turner, R.E. Hare, D.A. Brennan & R.H. Adair, “We Will Remember Them”, Australasian Record, Vol. 50, No. 1, January 7, 1946, 1-4; Robert D. Dixon, “The Montevideo Maru”, Australasian Record, Vol. 87, No. 5, February 1, 1982, 9,14.

[2] “Tragic Death in the Mission Field”, quoting letter from S.W. Carr, Australasian Record, Vol. 42, No 2, January 10, 1938, 8; S.W. Carr, “Letter from Fiji”, Australasian Record, Vol. 42, No. 5, January 31, 1938, 8; S.W. Carr, “Herbert William Adrian”, Australasian Record, Vol. 42, No. 6, February 7, 1938, 7.

[3] J.H. Gate, “Christopher Allan Alexis”, Australasian Record, Vol. 88, No. 21, June 4, 1983, 15.

[4] Brenton Stacey, “Adventist Pilot Dies in PNG Crash”, Adventist Review (online edition), May 16, 2002, https://www.adventistreview.org/archives/2002-1520/ (accessed May 1, 2020); Colin Dunn, “Anderson ,Leslie Earl (1943-2002)”, Encyclopedia of Seventh-day Adventists, https://encyclopedia.adventist.org/article?id=E7S8&highlight=Anderson (accessed May 12, 2020).

[5] “Our Missionaries”, Australasian Record, Vol. 46, No. 24, June 15, 1942, 8; S.V. Stratford, “Arthur Stanley Atkins”, Australasian Record, Vol. 46, No. 25, June 22, 1942, 7; N.B. Watch, “Pastor Atkins Died for his Fellow Man”, Australasian Record, Vol. 50, No. 1, January 7, 1946, 4.

[6] “Bagga, James M.”, Adventist Review, Vol. 170, No. 30, July 28, 1993, 22. (This source incorrectly states date of death as January 23, 1992 – a year earlier. Bagga was active in Fiji after that date.)

[7] “Death of Brother Keith Ballard”, Australasian Record, Vol. 71, No. 16, April 17, 1967, 8; C.T. Parkinson, “A Soldier Falls”, Australasian Record, Vol. 71, No. 19, May 8, 1967, 14 (NB This article incorrectly says he died March 21.); O.D.F. McCutcheon, “Keith Leslie Ballard”, Ibid., 15.

[8] “MIssionary Dies from Burns”, Australasian Record, Vol. 103, No. 45, November 21, 1998, 5; L.J. Evans & P. Cousins, “Graham Frederick Barnett:, Record, Vol. 104, No, 4, February 6, 1999, 14.

[9] Personal message from Patti Blanch (mother) to Colin Richardson, October 27, 2019.

[10] “With sorrow we…”, Australasian Record, Vol. 44, No. 27, July 1, 1940, 8; D. Sibley, “Dorothy Boehm”, Australasian Record, Vol. 44, No. 28, July 8, 1940, 7.

[11] R.F.R. Scragg, “Dale Arthur Caldwell”, Australasian Record, Vol. 52, No. 13, March 22, 1948, 7.

[12] C.E. Mitchell, “Wendy Lee Caldwell”, Australasian Record, Vol. 54, No. 35, August 28, 1950, 7.

[13] “A radio message…”, Australasian Record, Vol. 41, No. 24, June 14, 1937, 8; A.G. Stewart, “Kenneth David Campbell”, Australasian Record, Vol. 41, No. 36, September 6, 1937, 7.

[14] “A cable message…”, Australasian Record, Vol. 17, No. 47, December 1, 1913, 8; C.H. & M.G. Parker, “Atchin, New Hebrides”, Australasian Record, Vol. 18, No. 2, January 12, 1914, 4; Kent Kingston, “100 Years in Vanuatu”, Australasian Record, Vol. 117, No. 14, July 7, 2012, 8.

[15] E.A. Boehm, “Merlene Ruth Chugg”, Australasian Record, Vol. 85, No. 4, January 28, 1980, 18; “There is building…”, ibid., 20.

[16] H.R. Steed, “Daughter of Br & Sr Trevor Collett”, Australasian Record, Vol. 40, No. 21, May 25, 1936, 7; Message from Lynne Hughes on Facebook group “Adventist MIssion History – South Pacific”, November 11, 2019 (Lynne is Estelle’s sister).

[17] “Three Missing Men Now Reported Lost”, Australasian Record, Vol. 49, No. 47, November 19, 1945, 5; W.G. Turner, R.E. Hare, D.A. Brennan & R.H. Adair, “We Will Remember Them”, Australasian Record, Vol. 50, No. 1, January 7, 1946, 1-4; Robert D. Dixon, “The Montevideo Maru”, Australasian Record, Vol. 87, No. 5, February 1, 1982, 9,14..

[18] Grave plaque at Tarawa gives date as November 8, 1968, but no name. Mrs Colquhoun confirmed no name was given in personal communication with Colin Richardson on May 18, 2020.

[19] A.G. Stewart, “Wendy Joy Cormack”, Australasian Record, Vol. 50, No. 32, August 12, 1946, 7.

[20] A.G. Stewart, “Death of Tevita Daivalu”, Australasian Record, Vol. 32, No. 23, June 4, 1928, 8; W.N. Lock, “The Death of Tevita Daivalu, FIjian Missionary to Papua”, Australasian Record, Vol. 32, No. 26, Jun 25, 1928, 7 (Note: some lists misspell the surname as Dasvalu).

[21] J.J. Dever, “Garry Dickins”, Australasian Record, Vol. 53, No. 23, June 4, 1949, 7.

[22] R.R. Frame, Tragic Death of Medical Missionary, Brian Dunn”, Australasian Record, Vol. 70, No. 4, January 24, 1966, 1,2; A.R. Mitchell, “Brian Mansfield Dunn”, Australasian Record, Vol. 70, No. 5, January 31, 1966, 15.

[23] “Suddenly and unexpectedly…”, Australasian Record, Vol. 58, No. 7, February 14, 1955, 8; A.G. Stewart, “The Late Sister Walter Ferris”, Australasian Record, Vol. 58, No. 9, February 28, 1955, 6,7.

[24] “We deeply regret…”, Australasian Record, Vol. 43, No. 49, December 4, 1939, 8; A.G. Stewart, ”Colleen Ferris”, Australasian Record, Vol. 43, No. 50, December 11, 1939, 7.

[25] J.M. Cole, “Esther Ferris”, Australasian Record, Vol. 26, No 26, December 11, 1922, 7.

[26] Photo of tombstone in possession of Colin Richardson; personal information from Ferris family (Jean is Colin Richardson’s sister-in-law).

[27] Photo of tombstone in possession of Colin Richardson; personal information from Ferris family (Ronald is Colin Richardson’s brother-in-law).

[28] E.H. Gates, “Sad News”, Union Conference Record, Vol. 8, No. 20, October 15, 1904, 7; Photo of tombstone in possession of Colin Richardson.

[29] Brenton Stacey, “Missionary Murdered in the Solomons”, Record, Vol. 108, No. 22, June 7, 2003, 5.

[30] “We mourn with…”, Australasian Record, Vol. 52, No. 20, May 17, 1948, 8; E.A. Boehm, “Graeme Adrian Gillis”, Australasian Record, Vol. 52, No. 23, June 7, 1948, 7.

[31] “A letter has…”, Australasian Record, Vol. 30, No. 25, June 21, 1926, 8; A.H. Piper, “Fifteen Hundred Miles in a Thirty-Five-Foot Boat – Part 2”, Australasian Record, Vol. 37, No. 31, July 31, 1933, 3 (diary entry for June 1)

[32] “Two Mission Tragedies”, Australasian Record, Vol. 84, No. 31, July 30, 1979, 16; R.E. Way, “Andrew Brian Hamilton”, Australasian Record, Vol. 84, No. 37, September 10, 1979, 15.

[33] “Tragedy at Sea”, Australasian Record, Vol. 67, No. 17, April 29, 1963, 7; H.J. Watts, “More about ‘Polurrian’ Survivors”, Australasian Record, Vol. 67, No. 21, May 27, 1963, 7,8.

[34] O.D.F. McCutcheon, “Christine Tania Johnston”, Australasian Record, Vol, 76, No. 49, December 4, 1972, 14; “Pastor Bruce Johnston…”, Australasian Record, Vol. 76, No. 48, November 27, 1972, 16.

[35] “Adventist Missionary Killed at Homu, PNG”, Record, Vol. 93, No. 13, April 9, 1988, 8; Mervyn Tonkin, “Peter Andrew Knopper”, Record, Vol. 93, No. 17, May 7, 1988, 15 (Tonkin incorrectly gives date of death as March 25).

[36] “Disastrous Storm, Fiji”, Australasian Record, Vol. 34, No. 49, December 8, 1930, 8; A.H. Piper, “A Vote of Sympathy”, Australasian Record, Vol. 35, No. 1, January 5, 1931, 8.

[37] “Stop Press”, Australasian Record, Vol. 84, No. 37, September 10, 1979, 16; “Tragic Accident at Atoifi Hospital”, Australasian Record, Vo. 84, No. 44, October 29, 1979, 1.

[38] “A Sad Death in the Mission Field”, Australasian Record, Vol. 32, No. 14, April 2, 1928, 8.

[39] “Adventist missionary dies in tree-felling accident”, Record, Vol. 117, No, 26, December 15, 2012, 6; “33CN: Accident Kills John Lello, Adventist Frontier Missions Worker in Papua New Guinea”, Adventist Review (Review Archives, online, https://www.adventistreview.org/archive-5866, accessed May 1, 2020).

[40] A.G. Stewart (“The Editor”), “A Fatal Accident in Papua. Missionary Wife and Two Children Drowned”, Australasian Record, Vol. 57, No. 4, January 26, 1953, 4,5; C.E. Mitchell, “Dellys Lemke, David Lemke, Adrian Lemke”, Australasian Record, Vol. 57, No. 8, February 23, 1953, 7; photo of plaque at grave in Port Moresby, in Colin Richardson’s possession.).

[41] Ibid.

[42] Ibid.

[43] “Pastor A.G. Stewart…”, Australasian Record, Vol. 17, No 45, November 24, 1913, 8.

[44] R.H. Tutty, “Maja of Malai Bay”, Australasian Record, Vol. 44, No. 9, February 26, 1940, 3,4.

[45] Jim Manele, “Joyce Manele”, Record, Vol. 114, No. 22, June 13, 2009, 30.

[46] “It is with…”, Australasian Record, Vol. 42, No. 19, May 9, 1938, 8; Herb White, ”Dora Ruth Marks”, Australasian Record, Vol. 42, No. 23, Jun 6, 1938, 7.

[47] “We have the…”, Australasian Record, Vol. 73, No. 24, June 16, 1969, 16; E.A Raethel, “Mervyn McLauchlan”, Australasian Record, Vol. 73, No. 29, July 21, 1969, 15.

[48] Ken Boehm, ”No Greater Love: A Tribute. Deni Mark Megha, a pioneer Solomon Island teacher and missionary in the New Guinea Islands, 1933-1944″, Journal of Pacific Adventist History, Vol. 6, No. 1, June 2006, 38-41; Milton Hook, “Deni, Mark (c.1912-1945)”, Encyclopedia of Seventh-day Adventists, https://encyclopedia.adventist.org/article?id=7B6N&highlight=Deni (accesses May 12, 2020).

[49] W.A. Coates, “Karen Adele Miller”, Australasian Record, Vol. 64, No. 5, February 1, 1960, 15; Personal communication from Mrs Mertle Miller (mother) to Colin Richardson, May 22, 2020.

[50] Kent Kingston & Darren Vaotuua, “Volunteer dies on mission trip”, Record, Vol. 116, No. 21, October 15, 2011, 3

[51] “Our numerous readers…”, Australasian Record, Vol. 48, No. 15, April 10, 1944, 8.

[52] “Volunteer Killed”, Record, Vol. 95, No. 28, July 21, 1990, 9; V.B. Parmenter, “Ralph Stewart Murray”, Record, Vol. 95, No. 32, August 18, 1990, 12.

[53] Dennis Steley, “Heroes of the Solomons Saga”, Australasian Record, Vol. 90, No. 1, January 12, 1985, 8,9.

[54] “Word has been…”, The Advent Review and Sabbath Herald, Vol. 72, No. 39, September 24, 1895, 16; “Movements of the ‘Pitcairn'”, The Advent Review and Sabbath Herald, Vol. 72, No. 43, October 22, 1895, 9,10; David E. Hay, “A Struggle for Acceptance – Adventism in the 1890s and early 1900s in the Cook Islands”, Journal of Pacific Adventist History, Vol. 8, No. 1, 2008, 4-14 (see p.7).

[55] A.H. Piper, “A Sad Radio”, Australasian Record, Vol. 34, No. 22, June 2, 1930, 8; A.R. Barrett, “Sister Arthur F. Parker”, Australasian Record, Vol. 34, No. 24, June 16, 1930, 6.

[56] C.E. Mitchell, “David Pascoe”, Australasian Record, Vol. 59, No. 21, May 23, 1925, 7.

[57] Desmond Ford, “Rhonda Clare Plane”, Australasian Record, Vol. 80, No. 13, March 31, 1975, 14.

[58] Desmond Ford, “Tatsiana Plane”, Australasian Record, Vol. 80, No. 26, 15; Thelma Silva & Gwen Grainger, “Farewell to Tatsiana Plane”, Ibid., 13,14.

[59] Message from Lynne Hughes on Facebook group “Adventist Mission History – South Pacific”, November 11, 2019.

[60] Message from Dina Raina on Facebook group “Adventist Mission History – South Pacific”, December 27, 2019. Dina was Thelma Rausu’s sister; Photo of grave posted on Facebook group “Adventist Mission History – South Pacific”, December 27, 2019.

[61] “We have sad…”, Australasian Record, Vol. 80, No. 21, May 26, 1975, 16; D.E.G. Mitchell, “Tragedy at Buca Bay”, Australasian Record, Vol. 80, No, 25, June 23, 1975, 6; D.E.G. Mitchell, “John Hampton Rowden”, Ibid., 15.

[62] “Boat Tragedy in Fijian Waters”, Australasian Record, Vol 50, No. 33, August 19, 1946, 5; A.G. Stewart (“The Editor”), “The Tragic Loss of Brother Jack Rowe”, Australasian Record, Vol. 50, No. 34, August 28, 1946, 8; C.S. Palmer, “The Tragedy of Buca Bay”, Australasian Record, Vol. 50, No. 36, September 9, 1946, 5,6,8.

[63] Message from Robina Townend on Facebook group “Adventist Mission History – South Pacific”, February 7, 2020.

[64] Milton Hook, “Salau, Robert (c.1905-1973)”, in Encyclopedia of Seventh-day Adventists”, https://encyclopedia.adventist.org/article?id=C83V#fn11 (accessed 28 April 2020); “Brother A.S. Atkins…”, Australasian Record, Vol. 38, No. 32, August 6, 1934, 8; “Letter from a Solomon Island Worker in New Guinea”, Australasian Record, Vol. 38, No. 40, October 1, 1934, 2,3.

[65] “New Guinea Plane Crash Takes Four Lives”, Australasian Record, Vol. 77, No. 20, May 14, 1973, 16; Robert H. Parr, “Tribute to a Mission Pilot”, ibid., 4; E.R. Piez, “Mission Plane Crashes – Four Dead in Air Tragedy”, Australasian Record, Vol. 77, No. 21, May 21, 1973, 1,12; O.D.F. McCutcheon, “Lawrence Graham Shields”, Australasian Record, Vol. 77, No. 24, June 11, 1973, 15.

[66] “Two Mission Tragedies”, Australasian Record, Vol. 84, No. 31, July 30, 1979, 16; R.E. Way, “Paul William Sills”, Australasian Record, Vol. 84, No. 37, September 10, 1979, 15.

[67] “Two Mission Tragedies”, Australasian Record, Vol. 84, No. 31, July 30, 1979, 16; R.E. Way, “Steven Malcolm Sills”, Australasian Record, Vol. 84, No. 37, September 10, 1979, 15.

[68] W.N. Lock, “Tuaine Solomon”, Australasian Record, Vol. 42, No. 27, July 4, 1938, 7; “Distribution of Labour”, Union Conference Record, Vol. 13, No. 40, October 4, 1909, 4; Personal messages from Suzi Wharton (granddaughter) to Colin Richardson, April 14, 2020.

[69] “By a cable…”, Australasian Record, Vol. 48, No. 21, May 22, 1944, 8; “Brother and Sister…” (photo), Australasian Record, Vol. 48, No. 22, May 29, 1944, 8; “Our Baby / Doreen Fay Stratford / Died 3rd May 1944 / Aged 3 Months / In Jesus’ Care”, Grave Plaque, Suvavou Adventist Cemetery, Fiji (Photo in possession of Colin Richardson).

[70] A.N. Lawson, “The Death of Bennie Tavodi”, Australasian Record, Vol. 22, No. 5, December 9, 1918, 6.

[71] Shirley Tarburton, “Tavodi, Penisimani (1888–1918) and Aliti Rainima (1895–1978)”, Encyclopedia of Seventh-day Adventists (online), accessed May 22, 2020.

[72] “From a Fiji…”, Bible Echo and Signs of the Times, Vol. 7, No. 4, February 15, 1892, 64 (16); “A card from…”, Advent Review and Sabbath Herald, Vol. 69, No. 9, March 1, 1892, 144 (16).

[73] “By a recent…”, Australasian Record, Vol. 37, No. 39, September 25, 1933, 8; “From Bisiatabu, Papua…”, Australasian Record, Vol. 37, No. 17, April 24, 1933, 8.

[74] Judy MacDonnell, response to post on Facebook group, “Adventist Mission History – South Pacific”, November 11, 2019. (Judy is Frederic’s sister.)

[75] H.L. Tolhurst, “Pearl Tolhurst”, Australasian Record, Vol. 23, No. 12, May 26, 1919, 7; C.H. Pretyman, “The Death of Sister Pearl Tolhurst”, ibid., 8

[76] “On the 17th…”, Australasian Record, Vol. 48, No. 10, March 6, 1944, 8; Robert Hare, “Dallas Tucker”, Australasian Record, Vol. 48, No. 17, April 24, 1944, 7; Photo of grave plaque in possession of Colin Richardson.

[77] Personal communication from Thierry van Bignoot, brother of Isabelle, to Colin Richardson, received May 22, 2020.

[78] “Tragedy at Sea”, Australasian Record, Vol. 67, No. 17, April 29, 1963, 7; H.J. Watts, “More About ‘Polurrian’ Survivors”, Australasian Record, Vol. 67, No. 21, May 27, 1963, 7,8.

[79] Personal communication from Margaret Watts (mother) to Colin Richardson, May 12, 2020.

[80] H.B.P. Wicks, “Madeline Wicks”, Australasian Record, Vol. 41, No. 42, October 18, 1937, 7; “Letter from Pastor Wicks”, ibid., 8.

[81] Cecil K. Meyers, “A Missionary Fallen”, Australasian Record, Vol. 24, No. 12, June 14, 1920, 7; A.G. Stewart, “Norman Wiles”, Australasian Record, Vol. 24, No. 16, August 9, 1920, 7.

[82] A.W. Martin, “Shirley Margaret Wilson”, Australasian Record, Vol. 76, No. 14, April 3, 1972, 15.

[83] Erwin E. Roenfelt, “Phillip James Wright”, Australasian Record, Vol. 46, No. 4, January 26, 1942, 7; “It is with…”, Australasian Record, Vol. 46, No. 2, January 12, 1946, 8.

[84] G.B. Starr, “Graduating Exercises”, Union Conference Record, Vol. 7, No. 20, October 1, 1903, 3,4.

[85] “The sad news…”, Union Conference Record, Vol. 10, No. 17, August 20, 1906, 12; David E. Hay, “Sara Mareta Young”, Journal of Pacific Adventist History, Vol. 14, No. 1, 2019, 25-28.