PIR Pipe Majors – Taurama Barracks, Port Moresby (PIR/ 1 PIR/ 1 RPIR)
First Names | Last Name | Pipe Major | Born | Place | Died | Place |
Lewis | MacLennan (BEM) | 1952-57 | 1912 | Glasgow | 1995 | ? |
James Gray | Whitecross (MBE) | 1957-70 | 1928 | Whitinghame | 1994? | NSW? |
Peni (Jock) | Kome | 1970-1974+ | 1940 | Marshall Lagoon | ? | ? |
next? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Michael | Pissa | 1982-1985 | 1948 | Port Moresby? | ? | ? |
next? | ||||||
next? | ||||||
B | Vele | 2022- | ? | ? | ? | ? |
PIR Pipe Majors – Moem Barracks, Wewak (2 PIR/2 RPIR)
First Name | Last Name | Pipe Major | Born | Place | Died | Place |
Lewereka | Tiuamoa (MBE) | 1965-1971+ | ? | Rigo? (Papua) | ? | ? |
? | Luviana | 1973-1974 | ? | Rabaul | ? | ? |
Tio | Tiamda (MBE) | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Bilbil Turalir | Samaon | 2005-2020 | 1966 | ? | 2020 | Wewak |
Ranson | Tomyovau | 2020-? | 1975 | Losuia, 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?
Note: Any person who can supply missing information is asked to send it by Email to the Website Manager Kevin Smith kevinsmith26@bigpond.com