Today I received a message from the son of one of my ex students from 1962 in Papua. He informed me that his father had passed away.
Moses Hailai was a cheerful, intelligent and friendly lad in my class at Arehava Primary School in an isolated village in the Gulf of Papua. I was Teacher in Charge at the PS for three years before transferring to Madang Technical School. Moses trained as a teacher and he too became Teacher in Charge of a school in Lae, New Guinea.
He retired some three or four years ago and his son, also Moses Hailai, found me on Facebook and we have been corresponding for a couple of years. Moses senior and his wife are both gone now. Life expectancy is not great in PNG.
I have thought of returning to PNG for a visit after leaving there some 40 years ago. If I am to do it, I should make plans soon.
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Moses with hibiscus flower
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