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- Hawse, Les
Les Hawse was from Victoria, Australia and started in the work in 1927. He preached in Sri Lanka in the 1940s; then went to Malaysia in 1947 where he became overseer. - Hogg, Jean
Jean Hogg was from Victoria, Australia and started in the work in 1944 She went to Sri Lanka in 1947. In 1957 she crossed to Malaysia and spent the next 20 years there. In 1976 she returned to Victoria. - Matthews, Dave & Alex Walker (1904)
Dave Matthews & Alex Walker. Alex/Alec was born in 1876, entered the work in 1904 and later married Queenie Higgins. He left work and resided in New Zealand. Their daughter Florrie was in the work in Malaysia. He wrote Hymn No. 72 (1951 edition Hymns Old & New). - Mitchell, Alec 1955
Alec Mitchell and Jack Trigg were the first workers to go to Sri Lanka (then known as Ceylon) in 1927. Alec was born in Scotland, immigrated to New Zealand, professed in 1921 and went in the Work in 1922. After a year in Victoria, Australia he went to Sri Lanka in 1927 and then to Singapore in 1936 where he spent the rest of his days in the Work. He was interned in Changi Camp from 1942 to 1945 along with Arthur Shearer, Archie Wilson and Bert Cameron. He was Overseer of Singapore, Malaysia, Borneo, Thailand and Vietnam until 1974 when his memory failed. He then returned to NZ where he died in 1980 aged 84.