events we reflect upon today happened 9 years ago in the Solomon Islands and seventy years ago in Papua New Guinea -- that's not very long.  These days, both places are only three or four hours flying time from Brisbane.  The Anglican Church in Papua New Guinea was in fact part of the Province of Queensland until it became a province of the Anglican Communion in its own right following independence in the mid 1970's. The Bishop of New Guinea during World War 2, Phillip Strong later became Archbishop of Brisbane.   Four of the New Guinea Martyrs were from this Diocese.  Mavis Parkinson, of whom we've already heard was from St. Paul's Ipswich.  She was an office worker who retrained as a teacher for mission service.  John Barge, an orchardist from Stanthorpe trained at St. Francis' College.  After ordination, he served a curacy at St. James' Toowoomba and then offered to go to Papua New Guinea in 1935.  He was executed in West New Britain in 1943.   John Duffill was a builder and a parishioner at Holy Trinity Wooloongabba where he sang in the choir and was head server.  He went arrived in Papua New Guinea in 1938.  He was executed on the beach at Buna soon after the Japanese landings.  Margery Brenchley trained as a nurse at Royal Brisbane Hospital and worshipped at Holy Trinity, Fortitude Valley.  They supported her as their missionary from 1927 until her death -- she was also killed on Buna Beach in 1942. Their