Lae Primary “A” School,

(AKA Coronation Primary School)

~ 1951 to 1975 ~

School badge courtesy of Scott Martin)

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Student/Teacher List dated from “new school building” 1951 to 1975

(Created and maintained, with your help, by Wendy Phillips. Our aim is
to encapsulate that post-WWII era through to Independence.)

· See my Lae schools photo album for class photos referred to in “snippets”, plus links to PNG Forum and Schoolfriends:
a way to contact ex-schoolmates. You can also contact those ex-classmates who have signed my guestbook direct, or have me list your contact details here so they can get in touch with you.

NAME (× indicates active participant).	Student or Teacher	Current location & contact details	Parents’ names & PNG occupations	SNIPPETS (past & present)
Ahnon, Betty	Student			Scott Martin’s Grade 4 photo 1968. See Wendy’s guest book to get in touch.
Ahnon, Gwen	Student			See Grade 5 1963 photo from Larian Rutland.
Ahnon, Roderick×	Student			John Zuill’s Grade 3 photo, 1968. Roderick lived near China Town in Lae (info supplied by Cheryl Pech). See Wendy’s guest book to get in touch.
Albrecht, Jonathan	Student		Ralph & Sheila – engineer Qantas	Info supplied by Cheryl Davey & Jan Stuart. Thanks to Jan and Graham Campbell for correcting the original spelling.
Albrecht, Randolph	Student			Info supplied by Cheryl Davey
Arenas, Martin×	Student		Alf Arenas, Service station owner	Scott Martin’s Kindergarten photo ‘64 & Grade 4 photo ‘68, also Schoolfriends (Lae Primary School up to 1975). Worked In Local Government for 12 years, now owns a newsagency in the city. Married Kim Connolly, class of 76 Cairns State High; they have three young children
Armstrong, Ian	Student			Ian Weeks’ grade 2 photo 1964
Ashforth, Steve	Student 1967, ‘68			See Schoolfriends (Lae International Primary School).
Atherton, Martin	Student		Kit Atherton	Lesley Hawken’s Athletics Team photo 1959. Had a half-brother, Julian Collins (info supplied by Genevieve Breene).
Aveling, Alan	Student to 1963			Kim (Wendy) Seeto’s Grade 6 photo 1963
Bailey, (sister)	Student			Lived at Greenwich Village out near Malahang. Info supplied by Cheryl Davey
Bailey, Barry	Student			Lived at Greenwich Village near Cheryl Davey.
Bailey, Jim	Student			Lived at Greenwich Village near Cheryl Davey.
Bamber, Jim	Student 1966			See Schoolfriends (Lae Primary School up to 1975), also PNG Forum member (user name jim bamber)
Bangari, Norman	Student			John Zuill’s Grade 3 photo, 1968. Info supplied by Cheryl Pech.
Barbour, Stephen×	Student 1970-‘74			Lived at the end of 4^th Street, where the back road ran along to Second Street and the TAA club. See Schoolfriends (Lae Primary School up to 1975). Remembers a time capsule being buried at one side of the grounds near the basketball courts where assembly was held.
Barbour, David	Student			Info supplied by Stephen Barbour
Barnes, Terry	Student			Info supplied by Rob Swinbourn. See also Grade 5 1963 photo from Larian Rutland.
Batze, Lorraine	Student to 1962			Same class as Jan Stuart and Leonie Phillips. Later attended Lae High School Info supplied by Jan Stuart.
Batze, Ray	Early student			Barbara Taylor’s Sports Day photo 1951
Batze, Ruth	Early student			Barbara Taylor’s Sports Day photo 1951
Bell, John	Student to 1963			Kim (Wendy) Seeto’s Grade 6 photo 1963
Bendall, Terry	Student			Injured hands. Info supplied by Cheryl Davey
Bigg, Chris	Student 1958-‘61	Darwin	Father: Pilot MAL, Ansett Mother: secretary Dept Education	Chris and his family arrived in Lae in 1955, lived initially in 9th St, then 10th St, then Hibiscus Ave and finally in Casuarina Ave. He moved to North Lae Primary in ’62, then on to boarding school, and he and his parents went finish in 1973, his brother Michael following a couple of years later. Chris was drawn back to PNG; he spent 10 years with TAA in PNG and Australia prior to arriving in Darwin in 1982. Since then he has worked for the NT Government, mostly in transport administration, except for a year in the UK to obtain his Masters’. He has been married to Lynne for 30 years, they have three grown-up children, and his current position is Executive Director Transport. See Wendy’s guest book to get in touch.
Bigg, Michael	Student	Brisbane	See above	After finishing school, Michael spent a couple of years working for Ansett and the Kaivuna Hotel in Rabaul before moving to Brisbane around 1975. He is a lawyer and one of the senior partners in Bennett and Philp, and is married with two grown sons. (Info supplied by Chris Bigg.)
Birrell, Jim (Moresby)×	Student	Madang, PNG	Jim and Ela Birrell. Century Motors, Girl Guides.	See Grade 5 1963 photo from Larian Rutland. The Birrells are listed as living in Rotten row in Wendy Phillips’ PNG 1966 phone book. Jimmy’s mother Ela, was Flora Stewart’s daughter. (Flora built the Hotel Cecil), and was well-known in Lae for her involvement in Brownies and the Girl Guides movement. In 1977 she was awarded the Queen’s Silver Jubilee Medal for her work. She and Jim (senior) retired to Queensland in 1989 and Jim himself now lives and works in Madang. See Wendy’s guest book to get in touch.
Blackley, Neil	Student			Info supplied by Rob Swinbourn
Blackley, Terry	Student			Info supplied by Rob Swinbourn
Blackman, David	Student	Melbourne VIC	T.A.A.	Wendy (Kim) Seeto’s 1962 Red Cross photo; Diane Phillips’ Grade 5 photo 1964
Blackman, Rochelle	Student		Father, Larry was a pilot. Mother: Shirley	Reid Lowe’s class (see grade 1 1964 class photo. Info supplied by Reid Lowe).
Botterill, Danny	Student			Lesley Hawken’s Athletics Team photo 1959
Botterill, Kevin×	Student	KEVIN BOTTERILL 27 PACIFIC PROMENADE CRAIGNISH/HERVEY BAY 4655 QUEENSLAND. EMAIL: ockerkb@msn.com PHONE: 07 4128 7173		In the same class as Leonie Phillips, Jim Dudgeon and Gary Gould. Kevin now lives in Craignish, Hervey Bay, Qld. His family lived in Lae from the mid 50’s to the mid 60’s. He remembers Steven Haynes, his best mate, who ended up going to Manus Island, also a teacher, Mr Huey, whom he thought was a great teacher. He can still remember a song Mr Huey taught the class – “Ricey”, about the war in the Pacific and the natives who helped save a lot of lives, and who only had rice and dried fish to eat. Kevin joined the army in ’67 and served a year in Vietnam. He would love to hear from any old PNG friends (see contact details left).
Botterill, Lynette	Student			Info supplied by Kevin Botterill
Botterill, Michael	Student			Info supplied by Kevin Botterill
Bohringer, Geoff	Teacher			Info supplied by Ross McDougall.
Bowman, Deborah	Student			Ian Weeks’ grade 2 photo 1964
Bowman, Peter	Student			John Zuill’s Grade 3 photo 1968, also Scott Martin’s, football photo 1970. (Info supplied by John Zuill, Scot Martin and Cheryl Pech.)
Bowman, Susan	Student			In Stephen Barbour’s class. Info supplied by Stephen, who advises that Susan’s family were long-time PNG residents.
Box, Barbara	Student			See Grade 5 1963 photo from Larian Rutland.
Box, Geoffrey×	Student 1963-65			Diane Phillips’ Grade 5 photo 1964
Bradford, Ralph	Student			Mark Milburn’s Grade 5 & 6 photo 1973 (info supplied by Michael de Rose).
Bragg, Susan	Student	Haberfield, NSW	Bill Bragg, Qantas (deceased), Norma	Cheryl Davey in touch with Bragg Family, who lived in Rotten Row, then 6^th Street, Lae. Susan, who remembers being a princess in a school play, later married John Manly, and is Owner/Manager: Suzy Cue.
Breakspear, Bobbie	Student		Dept Education	Headmaster’s son, in Cheryl Davey’s grade
Breakspear, Dian	Student			Info supplied by Sandra Seeto. Dian was in her class.
Breakspear, Robert?	Headmaster 1954, ‘55		Dept Education	Info supplied by Cheryl Davey and Jim Dudgeon, who both remember getting the “cuts” from Mr Breakspeare.
Breene, Genevieve×	Student	Mornington, VIC See Wendy’s guest book to get in touch.	Frank and Sheila. Meteorological observer with DCA Met Section.	Lived in 5th Street, Lae, opposite Meg and Eric Duncan, and was in the same class as Tony Strachan. Also had a younger sister, Linda. Genevieve’s mother, Sheila, played Elaine in "Arsenic and Old Lace" with the local theatre group, directed by Tony’s father, Arthur Strachan. Genevieve later married John Rogers, was a highschool teacher for ten years then did a law degree. Also wrote a book called “Territory Kids” about growing up in PNG, which is a great read for anyone who did. For details on ordering see: http://www.seaviewpress.com.au/more.asp?id=135
Bretag, Barbara	Early student		Bret Bretag MBE (deceased), miner, chairman Lae Town Advisory Council, Irene (also deceased)	Barbara Taylor’s Sports Day photo 1951. Had three brothers, John, Brian and James.
Brett, Kay×	Student 1956, ‘57			See Schoolfriends (Lae Primary School up to 1975)
Brett, Stewart	Student 1956, ‘57			See Schoolfriends (Lae Primary School up to 1975)
Bricknell, Barry	Student to 1963			Kim (Wendy) Seeto’s Grade 6 photo 1963
Bricknell, Mr (Nick)	Headmaster 1963			Info supplied by Kim (Wendy) Seeto
Brown, Julie	Student to 1960		Dennis Brown, Qantas	Info supplied by Rob Swinbourn
Brown, Paul	Student to 1960		See above	Became an officer in the RAAF. (Info supplied by Graham Campbell).
Brown, Rodney	Student			Info supplied by Rob Swinbourn
Burns, Miranda	Student			Scott Martin’s Grade 4 photo 1968
Burns, Terry	Student			Info supplied by Sandra Seeto.
Busse, Craig	Student (deceased)		See below	See below. Info supplied by Cheryl Pech.
Busse, Daniel	Student			John Zuill’s Grade 3 photo, 1968. The Busse family came from the US and lived at the Lutheran Teachers’ college at Balob, just outside Lae. Daniel is now a pilot with the US Air Force (info supplied by Cheryl Pech).
Busse, Pamela	Student		See above	See above. Info supplied by Cheryl Pech
Butler, Heather	Student to 1963			Kim (Wendy) Seeto’s Grade 6 photo 1963
Butterfield, Michael	Student			Lesley Hawken’s Athletics Team photo 1959. Christian name supplied by Jan Stuart.
Byron, Peggy, Miss	Teacher			Info supplied by Cheryl Davey
Campbell, Graham×	Student 1956-‘58		Dave Campbell MAL, Ansett	PNG Forum member (user name Graham Campbell). Info supplied by Rob Swinbourn & Graham Campbell, whose younger brother, Bradley, went to Bulae.
Campbell, Judith	Student 1956-‘62		See above	Info supplied by Rob Swinbourn
Chan, Linda	Student			Scott Martin’s Kindergarten photo ‘64 & Grade 4 photo ‘68.
Chan, Melvin	Student			Scott Martin’s Kindergarten photo ‘64 & Grade 4 photo ‘68.
Chan, Patricia	Student			Scott Martin’s Kindergarten photo ‘64 & Grade 4 photo ‘68.
Chang Ah San (Xavier) ×	Student 1957-‘60	Shenzhen, China		Lesley Hawken’s Athletics Team photo 1959, Coronation Primary page 5. Xavier grew up in Chinatown, Lae, and started school in 1953 at the Chinese School. Mrs. Duncan and Mr. Tuohy were his teachers. In 1957, along with his fellow Chinese/mixed race students, he was relocated to Coronation Primary when the Chinese school closed. He completed Grades 3, 4 & 5 at Coronation with teachers Mrs. Slattery, Mrs. Gray, and a Miss Reid, who would not allow the use of ballpoint or fountain pens; her students had to use a quill pen with a nib, ink and blotting paper. In Grade 6, in 1960, he transferred to what later became Bulae (next to Eric Woo’s Store, later Andersons Supermarket), and was one of the first batch of students ever to inhabit Bulae. After finishing school, Xavier worked for ABCO, which was taken over by F.H. Stevens, then Mayne Nickless. He now owns a restaurant named Gypsy’s in Shekou, a bayside suburb of Shenzhen, China. See Wendy’s guest book to get in touch
Chang, Anne	Student 1957-‘60			Lesley Hawken’s Athletics Team photo 1959. Anne was in the same class as Les Jackson and later played basketball with his wife Norma. She has lived in Melbourne since 1970 but regularly visits her parents and friends in Brisbane.
Chee, Christopher	Student		Trade store proprietor	In Stephen Barbour’s class. Info supplied by Stephen.
Chee, Lois	Student			Scott Martin’s Kindergarten photo ‘64 & Grade 4 photo ‘68.
Chee, Timmy	Student			Mark McDougall’s class - see Mark’s PNG Forum post Lae Primary 'A' School (Coronation Drive).
Cheung, Nicholas	Student			John Zuill’s grade 3 1968 photo. Info supplied by John Zuill and Cheryl Pech.
Choi, Cedric	Student			Info supplied by Rob Swinbourn and Cedric’s sister, Jenny, who advises he has a trade store in Kokopo, Rabaul, where he has lived since leaving school.
Choi, Eric	Student to 1963			Kim (Wendy) Seeto’s Grade 6 photo 1963
Choi, Jenny×	Student			Sister to Cedric & Eric. See Wendy’s guest book to get in touch
Choi, Patrick	Student			Info supplied by Judy Peters, a Grade 2 teacher in 1962.
Close, Mrs	Teacher			Info supplied by Kim (Wendy) Seeto
Close, Elizabeth	Student to 1963			Kim (Wendy) Seeto’s Grade 6 photo 1963
Cochrane, Roslyn (or Rosalind)	Student to ‘58			Info supplied by Graham Campbell
Cohen, Richard	Student			Wendy (Kim) Seeto’s 1962 Red Cross photo
Coleman, Barbara	Student 1964-‘67			See Schoolfriends (Lae Primary School up to 1975) and Reid Lowe’s grade 1 photo 1964.
Coleman, Bobby	Student			Mark McDougall’s class - see Mark’s PNG Forum Lae post Primary 'A' School (Coronation Drive).
Coleman, Richard (Ricky)	Student			John Zuill’s Grade 3 photo, 1968. Ricky lived in or near China Town and caught the same bus to school as Cheryl. (Info supplied by John Zuill and Cheryl Pech.)
Conboy, John	Student			Kim (Wendy) Seeto’s Grade 6 photo 1963
Conboy, Paul	Student			See Grade 5 1963 photo from Larian Rutland.
Connell, Mark	Student 1964-‘70	Palm Beach, Gold Coast		Scott Martin’s Kindergarten photo ‘64 & Grade 4 photo ‘68. Mark lived in 7^th Street, opposite the Lutheran Church.
Connelly, Sharon	Student			Info supplied by Judy Peters, a grade 2 teacher in 1962.
Cook, Wayne	Student		Shell Oil	Wayne’s father worked in aircraft refuelling. He also wrote a book about his pre-war life in PNG. Info supplied by Jose Ozorio and Cheryl Davey
Cooke, Genieve	Student to 1963			Kim (Wendy) Seeto’s Grade 6 photo 1963
Cool, Hans	Student			Hans’ mother was a POW of the Japanese in WW2. He became an Ansett Pilot. (information supplied by Rob Swinbourn & Jose Ozorio).
Cornish, Anthony	Student to 1963			Wendy (Kim) Seeto’s 1962 Red Cross photo & Grade 6 photo 1963.
Cosgrove, Beverley	Student			John Zuill’s Grade 3 photo, 1968. Info supplied by John Zuill and Cheryl Pech.
Cox, Bruce	Student			Info supplied by Judy Peters, , a grade 2 teacher in 1962
Cridge, Lawrence	Student			Wendy (Kim) Seeto’s 1962 Red Cross photo
Cridge, Rodney	Student to 1963			Wendy (Kim) Seeto’s 1962 Red Cross photo & Grade 6 photo 1963
Cridge, Roslyn	Student			Lesley Hawken’s Athletics Team photo 1959
Crowley, Dennis	Student (deceased)		Laurie & Betty (Crowley Airways)	Info supplied by Rob Swinbourn & Chris Byrne, who is not on this list as he went to St Mary’s Catholic Primary School.
Crowley, Giselle	Student		See above	Info supplied by Rob Swinbourn
Crowley, Kieran	Student		See above	Info supplied by Rob Swinbourn & Chris Byrne.
Crowley, Randall	Student		See above	Info supplied by Chris Byrne
Crowley, Shane	Student	Junee NSW	See above	Info supplied by Rob Swinbourn.
Daams, Monica	Student			Info supplied by Judy Peters, a grade 2 teacher in ‘62
Miss Dann	Teacher			Diane Phillips’ Grade 4 photo 1963
Dang, Genevieve	Student 1956-‘60		Ham Kong, General Store proprietor, Coronation Drive (opposite Commonwealth Bank).	Info supplied by Sandra Seeto. Genevieve was in Wendy Phillips’ class, and was known to her classmates, obviously erroneously, as Genevieve Tang. She and Mavis were Kam Hong’s daughters, and had at least one older sister, Angela.
Dang, Linda×	Student	Sydney NSW	See Norman Dang	PNG Forum member (user name Linda Seeto). Sister of Norman, and cousin to Kam Hong’s daughters, Linda married James Seeto, originally from Rabaul, who built the Lae Biscuit Company and the Melanesian Soap Factory at Voco Point. After selling out and moving to Sydney in the early ‘80’s they ran coffee shops for a number of years, then set up a real estate office. Linda now works for Film Australia while her husband dabbles in futures. (Info supplied by Jan Stuart and Linda herself. See Wendy’s guest book to get in touch.)
Dang, Mavis	Student 1964-‘70		See above	In Scott Martin’s class; a fount of information as to names of their fellow classmates in Scott’s Kindergarten photo ‘64 & Grade 4 photo ‘68. Mavis is married to Colin Wong (Samson’s Store, 4^th Street), and is still living in Lae. (Info supplied by Sandra Seeto).
Dang, Norman×	Student		David & Gwen, builder and dressmaker	Sister to Linda. Their family moved to Lae in 1955, lived in Air Corps Road for a time, then moved to Mangola Avenue. Their parents owned the Red Rose café building, though Dang Kam Hong, their uncle ran the restaurant itself. (Info supplied by Linda Seeto nee Dang.) See Wendy’s guest book to get in touch.
Darcy, Peter	Student			John Zuill’s Grade 3 photo, 1968. Info supplied by John Zuill and Cheryl Pech.
Darcy, Tony	Student		Tony’s Dad was an engineer in charge of the Hydro Electric scheme at Yonki.	Scott Martin’s Kindergarten photo ’64 & Grade 4 photo ‘68. Tony represented Australian Schoolboys in their record breaking tour of Europe and the UK at the end of 1977, then played for the Wallabies for many years as a front rower. He had five children, one of whom sadly died of menginococcal disease. After a 2-year stint in Ireland as a rugby coach he now has a coaching job in Sydney; he was scrum coach for the Irish team during the World Cup in Australia. (Info supplied by Scott Martin & Sandra Seeto.
Davenport, David×	Student		Dave’s Dad was supervisor of the power plant on Milford haven Road.	Wendy (Kim) Seeto’s 1962 Red Cross photo. Dave lived next to the Power plant on Milford Haven Road and was best mates with Graeme “Fatty” Murtagh, who lived in 2nd Street, across the road from the Phillips family. Info supplied by Doug Ward (a fellow-classmate), and by Dave himself.
Davey, Cheryl×	Student 1954-‘58	Kiama, NSW cherylprc@hotmail.com	Peter Davey, Qantas engineer, Noela	See Schoolfriends (Lae Primary School up to 1975) and PNG Forum (username cherylprc). Cheryl had a younger brother, Malcolm; the family lived at Greenwich Village near Malahang, and 6th St, Lae, from 1954/58, then Madang from late 1958/59. Lived 39 years in Victoria, trained & worked as a librarian public & special libraries. Married John Pearce, 2 sons Adrian & Jeremy, and now lives in NSW. A member of PNG Association Australia, Inc. (Sydney). Locally involved in community volunteer work: CWA, healthwatch, garden club, library and historical society. Still in touch with the Bragg and Worrall families.
Davies, Bruce	Student			Scott Martin’s Grade 4 photo 1968. Bruce had a sister, Leanne.
Dawson, Tony	Student		Viv Dawson, boat chandlery and repair business.	In Reid Lowe’s class (see grade 1 1964 class photo (info supplied by Reid Lowe). He also had a brother at the school.
Debonabah, Felicia	Student			Ian Weeks’ grade 2 photo 1964 (info supplied by Ian). Felicia topped the class, and eventually went on to become a minister in the PNG government some time in the mid 1980's. She was written up around that time in the Women's Weekly. Ian believes she married a New Zealand academic.
De Rose, Michael×	Student			Mark Milburn’s Grade 5 & 6 photo 1973. See also Schoolfriends (Lae Primary School up to 1975)
Delacruz, Joanne	Student			Scott Martin’s Kindergarten photo ‘64
Devenish, Carolyn	Student			Info supplied by Sandra Seeto.
Devenish, Suzanne	Student			Info supplied by Anne Leo, who was in Leone Phillips’ class.
Dickie, Alison×	Student 1958-‘66	Newcastle NSW	David (deceased) and Anne Dickie, general manager Morobe Bakery	Diane Phillips’ Grade 5 photo 1964; one of Diane’s best friends. Alison’s dad ran the Bakery. Alison married Steve Hookway (now deceased) and they had two daughters. She is a member of PNG Forum (member name alisonh) for anyone who wants to get in touch. Info supplied by Chris Byrne, who is still in touch with Alison.
Dickson, Linda	Student	Bamber	Dickson Doors, Voco Point	John Zuill’s Grade 3 photo, 1968. Info supplied by John Zuill and Cheryl Pech.
Dillon, Bronwen×	Student 1967, ‘68	Sydney NSW		See Schoolfriends (Lae International Primary School).
Dillon, Robyn×	Student	NSW		PNG Forum member (user name robyndillon54). See Wendy’s guest book to get in touch.
Doble, Kerry	Student			Diane Phillips’ Grade 5 photo 1964
Doble, Wendy	Student			Info supplied by Rob Swinbourn
Doherty, Judy	Early student			Barbara Taylor’s Sports Day photo 1951
Dolby, Ron	Student			Lesley Hawken’s Athletics Team photo 1959
Downey, Caroline	Student			Info supplied by Rob Swinbourn
Downey, (brother)	Student			Info supplied by Rob Swinbourn
Drew, Keith	Student			Scott Martin’s Kindergarten photo 1964
Drew, Neil	Student			Reid Lowe’s grade 1 photo 1964
Dudgeon, Jim×	Student 1955-‘62	Warra, QLD JDudgeon@bigpond.com PH (07) 46681440	Bob Dudgeon, Admin motor mechanic	PNG Forum member (user name Jim Dudgeon), also Schoolfriends (Lae Primary School up to 1975). In Leonie Phillips’ Grade 1 photo, 1957, lived on Huon Road 12^th Street near the Comworks club. Jim is married, has three grown-up daughters, and lives at Warra, Qld. He would love to hear from any old PNG friends.
Dudgeon, John	Student		See above	Info supplied by Jim Dudgeon. John was his youngest brother.
Dudgeon, Stan	Student		See above	Born in Lae in 1951 (info supplied by Jim Dudgeon, who was his older brother).
Duncan, Miss	Teacher			Came to Lae from Groot Eylandt
Dunne, Mrs	Teacher			Mrs Dunne’s husband was a pilot. (Info supplied by teacher Judy Peters)
Durman, Chris×	Student 1970	Gold Coast QLD		See Schoolfriends (Lae International Primary School). Was in Hagen & Madang prior to Lae.
Ellis, Bill	Student		Dept Administration	Tom Ellis’ son. Tom later became District Commissioner Western Highlands, also known as “God”.
Emery, Michael	Student to ‘59 (?) Info supplied by Graham Campbell		John, Eileen (both deceased). Eileen owned or managed a shop opposite Lae Theatre milkbar, The Salad Bowl, which sold highland produce).	Lived out along Markham Road. Attended St Mary’s only, according to Chris Byrne. Had a younger brother, Marcus or Mark, who still lives in PNG, so Deirdre Whitton advises. Her mother and Eileen were close friends, and stayed in touch until Eileen’s death in Cairns. ×Note from Wendy Phillips: Cheryl Davey remembers a number of Coronation students transferring to St Marys when it opened in 1956. Michael may well have been a student at Coronation at least until then.
English, Agnes	Student			Scott Martin’s Kindergarten photo 1964 & Grade 4 photo ‘68.
English, David	Student			Diane Phillips’ Grade 5 photo 1964
English, James	Student			Reid Lowe’s grade 1 photo 1964
English, Louis	Student			John Zuill’s Grade 3 photo, 1968. Louis lived in or near China Town and caught the same bus to school as Cheryl. Info supplied by John Zuill and Cheryl Pech.
English, Peggy	Student			Diane Phillips’ Grade 5 photo 1964
English, Reg.	Student			Info supplied by Judy Peters, a Grade 2 teacher in ‘62.
Etchells, Patricia	Student		George & Ellen, catering Qantas	Same class as Jan Stuart and Leonie Phillips; info supplied by Jan.
Evans, Blair	Student			Reid Lowe’s grade 1 photo 1964
Ferraris, Anthony	Student			Diane Phillips’ Grade 4 & 5 photos 1963 and ’64.
Ferris or Ferries, Robert	Early student			Barbara Taylor’s Sports Day photo 1951
Ferris, Sandra	Student			Info supplied by Sandra Seeto.
Firth, Colin	Student			In Stephen Barbour’s class. Information supplied by Stephen.
Fisher, K	Student			Lesley Hawken’s Athletics Team photo 1959
Farrelly, Raelene	Student			Info supplied by Rob Swinbourn.
French, Donna	Student			Scott Martin’s Grade 4 photo 1968
Gabriel, Mrs	Teacher 1962			Info supplied by teacher Judy Peters
Gibbons, Colin	Student to 1963			Kim (Wendy) Seeto’s Grade 6 photo 1963
Gibbons, Earl	Student to 1963			Kim (Wendy) Seeto’s Grade 6 photo 1963
Gill, Terry	Student			Info supplied by Rob Swinbourn.
Glassey, Ken	Student (deceased 2004)		MAL, Ansett	Info supplied by Rob Swinbourn & Graham Campbell.
Glassey, Peter	Student			Info supplied by Rob Swinbourn
Glassey, Shona	Student			Info supplied by Rob Swinbourn
Goddard, R	Student			Info supplied by Judy Peters, a grade 2 teacher in ’62.
Goodwin, Nandra	Student			Info supplied by Anne Leo, who was in Leone Phillips’ class.
Goudie, John	Student to ‘57			Info supplied by Graham Campbell. Older brothers Graham and Michael (?)
Gould, Gary×	Student		Qantas	Member PNG Forum (user name Gary Gould), lived in 6^th Street in Lae. These days he flies QF planes to South Africa.
Gould, Hugh	Student			Info supplied by Gary Gould
Grainger, Jonathan	Student			Info supplied by Chris Byrne
Grainger, Peter	Student		Ralph Grainger	Reid Lowe’s class (see grade 1 1964 class photo. Info supplied by Reid Lowe). Also had a sister at the school.
Grainger, Robyn	Student			Ian Weeks’ grade 2 photo 1964
Grainger, Trish	Student			Diane Phillips’ Grade 4 & 5 photos 1963 and ’64.
Granville, Vicki	Student			Reid Lowe’s grade 1 photo 1964
Grey, Ken	Student		Dept Education; SDA	Teacher’s son; in Cheryl’s grade
Grey, Michael	Student		Brian Grey, Ansett-MAL exec.	Info supplied by Judy Peters, a grade 2 teacher in ’62.
Grey, Mrs	Teacher		Dept Education; SDA	Cheryl Davey’s grade 4 teacher, 195?
Hackert, Miss	Teacher 1962			Info supplied by teacher Judy Peters, a grade 2 teacher in ’62.
Hall, Alan	Student			Info supplied by Cheryl Davey
Halliday, Susan	Student			Info supplied by Cheryl Davey, who remembers Susan’s mum having a car accident near the school one morning. In Cheryl’s words: “We were at morning parade, and you could see the black cloth top car tilted in the ditch towards the town end of Coronation Drive.”
Hardy, Rex	Student		See below	Diane Phillips’ Grade 5 photo 1964. Sister to Vicki (see below)
Hardy, Vicki	Student		Ed hardy DCA Mavis TAA, New Guinea Co.	Vicki’s family went to Moresby in 1962 then to Lae in ‘63 to end the usual 2-year contract, fell in love with Lae and stayed until 1974. Vicki remembers teachers Miss Seeto, Miss O’Brien and Jan Sinclair from Primary school; lived in 4^th Street near the TAA Club, then 12^th Street near the Aviat/Comworks Club. She met her husband Ross Rickard in Lae in ’72 (he was working for Ela Motors at the time).
Harrison, Mr	Teacher			Grade 6 ‘63 (info supplied by Kim (Wendy) Seeto)
Hassard, Geoff	Student to 1963			Kim (Wendy) Seeto’s Grade 6 photo 1963
Hawken, Lesley×	Student 1957-‘59	Canberra	F I. Hawken, Freda Hawken (deceased 14/7/2005)	PNG Forum member (user name Lesley Hawken), also Schoolfriends (Lae Primary School up to 1975) See Coronation photos for Lesley’s School Athletics Team 1959 pic. Lived in 1^st Street, Lae. Since then: married with twins, a boy & a girl (18 years old as at 2004), involved in a small business and works full time in the public service. See Wendy’s guest book to get in touch.
Hayes, Larry	Student			Scott Martin’s Kindergarten photo ‘64
Hayes, Patricia	Student		Bette/Betty Hayes, well-known Lae artist.	Lesley Hawken’s Athletics Team photo 1959. Known as “Trishy”, lived on Huon Road opposite 5^th Street. (Info supplied by Genevieve Breene, who remembers Mrs Hayes’ paintings very well. From memory they were watercolours and almost everyone in Lae had one).
Heist, Danny	Student		Rev. Martin Heist, Lutheran Mission	Info supplied by Judy Peters, a grade 2 teacher in ’62.
Heist, Janet	Student		See above.	Info supplied by Cheryl Davey, also Anne Leo, who was in Leone Phillips’ class.
Henderson, Rod×	Student 1968-‘72			See Schoolfriends (Coronation International School).
Hendrick, Ian	Student 1952-‘57			Info supplied by Brian Zavattaro. Ian was in his class.
Heriot, Margot	Student			Info supplied by Cheryl Davey
Herman, Mrs	Teacher			Info supplied by Rob Swinbourn.
Hill, Jillian	Student			John Zuill’s Grade 3 photo, 1968. Info supplied by Cheryl Pech.
Holland, Christine	Student			Info supplied by Anne Leo.
Holley, Neil	Student			John Zuill’s grade 3 1968 photo. Info supplied by John Zuill and Cheryl Pech.
Homan, Janette	Student			Scott Martin’s Kindergarten photo ‘64
Hooper, S	Student			Lesley Hawken’s Athletics Team photo 1959
Horlock, Jan	Student			Was in Margaret Munro’s grade. Info supplied by Cheryl Davey, whose aunt and uncle lived next door to the Horlocks in 1954 in the DCA housing beside the airstrip.
Hughes, Geoff	Student			Info supplied by Rob Swinbourn.
Hughes, Howard	Student		DCA	Info supplied by Rowan Hughes, Howard’s younger brother. The family lived at No 3 13th Street, near the Botanic Gardens, in 1964 and ’65. Another brother, Steven, and a sister Lynn, attended Lae High School. Lynn later married Eddie Martin, a crewman on the Bulolo, and is presently in Kenya as an aid volunteer.
Hughes, Megan×	Student	Near Brisbane QLD	John (deceased), managed Bubia, the Govt. Ag. Station, Markham Rd, and was president of the RSL Rose, owner of Trendsetter Dress Shop	Original Info supplied by Rob Swinbourn & Chris Byrne, who says: “Megan was the oldest of four. The others were Jeffrey (deceased), Bronwyn and Rowena. Megan now lives with her husband, David Henderson, outside Brisbane.” *Update by Megan herself, who says the family left Lae in 1972 after her father died there in 1971. Her brother, Jeffrey died in a motorcycle accident in Sydney in 1974, and her sisters Bronwyn & Rowena live in Sydney; both have been chefs and Bronwyn catered for the Film Industry for many years. Megan and David have a beautiful daughter, Danielle, who has worked in the film industry as well, and a beautiful baby granddaughter. See Wendy’s guest book to get in touch.
Hughes, Michelle	Student			Scott Martin’s Grade 4 photo 1968
Hui, Simon (Mr)	Teacher 1962			Info supplied by teacher Judy Peters. May be the Mr Huey Kevin Botterill remembers so fondly.
Hunter, Kaye×	Student 1963-‘68		Parents owned Busu Road Trade Store out past the Lutheran Mission.	Wendy (Kim) Seeto’s 1962 Red Cross photo. Lived on Busu Road opposite the Nelsons. Had five brothers and sisters at Coronation: Ken, Larry, Lynne, Maureen and Susan.
Hunter, Ken	Student		See above	Brother to Kaye (see above)
Hunter, Larry	Student		See above	Brother to Kaye (see above)
Hunter, Lynne	Student 1953-‘60		See above	In Wendy Phillip’s class. Older sister to Kaye.
Hunter, Maureen	Student		See above	Sister to Kaye (see above)
Hunter, Susan	Student 1964-‘70		See above	Scott Martin’s Grade 4 photo 1968. Sister to Kaye (see above).
Hunter, Vivienne	Student (deceased)		See above	Wendy (Kim) Seeto’s 1962 Red Cross photo. Vivienne married Les Pieper, and, sadly, died in 1990. (Info supplied by Kaye Hunter.)
Isabel, Marianne	Student		Marianne’s family were from France.	Info supplied by Judy Peters, a Grade 2 teacher in ‘62.
Isabel, Philippe	Student		See above	John Zuill’s Grade 3 photo, 1968. Info supplied by John Zuill, Judy Peters and Cheryl Pech.
Jackson, Les×	Student to 1960		Wal and Dot	Lived on Air Corps Road. Info supplied by Jan Stuart.
Jacobs, Matilda	Student