Asi Pako, who is the sister of Survivor Patrick Tau Gau GM, organized a 50th Anniversary Service and Memorial at the Bomana De La Salle Secondary School to honour those who lost their lives and to acknowledge the survivors.
Asi has kindly offered the Program and the Photographs below.
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 RAAF and ADF representatives |
 RAAF Chief, Air Marshal Robert Chipman, AM, CSC |
 The new Memorial Plaque unveiled at the 50th anniversary commemoration |
 Remaining survivors Joseph Fragi and Patrick Tau Gau (seated together in front) at the 50th anniversary |
 This photo was taken a few years ago |
 This photo was taken in 1973 at the George Medal award ceremony. All seated at the back are the Caribou crash survivors. The two on the left at the back have since passed on. |
 RAAF Chief, Air Marshal Robert Chipman, Patrick’s Sister Asi Pako, Col. Paul Iatau, PNGDF Commander, Major-General Mark Goina, and Michael Gau (Patrick’s elder son). |
For further articles on the crash follow these links:
- A Military Disaster 1972
- The Air Force pays tribute. (Reproduced with permission from TRIBUTE The Newsletter of the Military Historical Society Australia, Queensland Division and its source CONTACT)
- Caribou Crash Kills PNG Students in 1972 by Tom Derham, a member of the search party