EOMATA VICTIMS
TWO YOUNG OFFICERS
(By TeJegrapb- Press Association. >
AUCKLAND, January 1
' The chief officer .of the Komata, Mr. T. A. Mack, whose death has been reported, was transferred to the ship only a few days before she sailed. He was born at Cambridge 39 years ago, and his parents reside at Opua, North Auckland. His father, Mr. M. J. Mack, was formerly secretary of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants.
Mr. Mack had had 20 years' service with the Union Steam Ship Company. Mr. Mack, who was a' single man, was a qualified air pilot, having done his training in the United States. He was well known in Auckland, where he had many friends.
Though officially reported as a New Zealander, the second officer of the Komata, Mr. J. L. Hughes, who also lost his life, is believed by friends in Auckland to have been an Australian. His home port was Sydney, where his father, a retired master mariner, now lives. Mr. Hughes was a single man, aged about 25 years. He had been with the company for five or six years, and had served in a number of
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXI, Issue 1, 2 January 1941, Page 8
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