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×