Who was John Stuntz?

Trevor
26/04/2015

John Stuntz successfully applied for an advertised job of Cadet Patrol Office in PNG around 1949.  

 

The then Department of Territories, Canberra, posted a recruitment notice headlined "Papua New Guinea: CAREERS with a CHALLENGE." The advertisement called for "young men possessing INITIATIVE, IMAGINATION and COURAGE, positions in PNG, one being that of Cadet Patrol Officer (CPO)."

 

John Stuntz was one who successfully applied and for the next 30 years he lived in PNG. Apart from his role as a patrol officer (kiap), his contribution to his adopted country extended into sport, politics and public service.

 

One of Stuntz's? postings was to the Northern Province where he was involved in rescue operations following the Mount Lamington eruption in 1951.

 

After independence in 1975, he was elected Deputy Speaker and served on several PNG Public Service committees.

 

He was born in 1928, son of Robert and Elsie Stuntz?. He died in 2015.

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