Mr William Thomas TICEHURST
(20 November 2002,
aged 75 years)
Bill Ticehurst went to PNG in 1957 to fly for Gibbes Sepik Airways, thence to
MAL and Ansett-MAL where he was Check and Training Captain in the Light Aircraft
Division, then Command on DC3 aircraft. Bill and family returned to Victoria in
1967 where he flew the Bristol Freighter for Air Express and later owned and
operated a taxi. Bill and family returned to PNG in 1972 to Air Niugini, then
back to Victoria in 1974, finally settling at Ningi, Queensland. He is survived
by his wife Mavis, daughter Deborah and Grandson William.
Frank Smith (Una Voce - March 2003)