42 years ago this Lock family returned from a six year stint teaching in Papua New Guinea. Our son Martin was born in Wewak hospital after a somewhat hazardous river crossing en route from Maprik to Wewak a distance of approx. 80 miles on a dirt road.
It was all good and Martin was born without complications.
Four years later the family, Kevin, Joan, Helen and Martin flew out of Port Moresby and home to Perth at the end of our contract in PNG. We had purchased a lovely colonial house the previous year whilst on leave and we moved into our house and welcomed friends and family to a couple of parties. Martin fell sick and eventually was diagnosed with Typhoid and interned in the infectious disease ward at Fremantle hospital. Some 60 people had been in contact with Martin and the local health authorities had a big job contacting those people and allaying any fears of spread of the disease. After five weeks Martin’s situation was declared safe and he came home to us.
Newspaper clippings at the time....click to enlarge
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