Pipe Majors of
PIR/1PIR/1RPIR and 2PIR/2RPIR

PIR Pipe Majors – Taurama Barracks, Port Moresby (PIR/ 1 PIR/ 1 RPIR)

First NamesLast NamePipe MajorBornPlaceDiedPlace
LewisMacLennan (BEM)1952-571912Glasgow1995?
James GrayWhitecross (MBE)1957-701928Whitinghame1994?NSW?
Peni (Jock)Kome1970-1974+1940Marshall Lagoon??
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MichaelPissa1982-19851948Port Moresby???
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PIR Pipe Majors – Moem Barracks, Wewak (2 PIR/2 RPIR)

First NameLast NamePipe MajorBornPlaceDied Place
LewerekaTiuamoa (MBE)1965-1971+?Rigo? (Papua)??
?Luviana1973-1974?Rabaul??
TioTiamda (MBE)?????
Bilbil TuralirSamaon2005-20201966?2020Wewak
RansonTomyovau2020-?1975Losuia, Kiriwina Is.??

Sources

  • Aad Boode, UK researcher & author
  • To Find a Path volume 2 by James Sinclair (Crawford House: Bathurst NSW, 1992). Available online.
  • Yesterday and Today by N.E.W. Granter (1 PIR: Port Moresby, 1970). Illustrated booklet.
  • Pipes and Drums of the 1st Battalion, Pacific Islands Regiment, Viking Record VP314, 1970?

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