Memorial To Geoffrey Lloyd

New Zealand Listener, Volume 13, Issue 328, 5 October 1945, Page 7

Memorial To Geoffrey Lloyd

MEMORIAL to Geoffrey Lloyd, whose photograph appears above, was unveiled recently in the Roseneath Presbyterian Church, Wellington, When he was kilted on active service, on Boxing Day, 1942, he was a flight-sergeant in the R.N.Z.A.F. Before the war he was ‘an .announcer whose work at 2ZB and

3ZB made its impression on his listeners and his colleagues alike. The memorial is a lectern in the church, On it, carved in wood, are the Air Force wings. A’ silver plate carries an inscription, the text of which is given below. Before the ceremony the lectern was covered with the Air Forée flag. It was unveiled by L. B. Quartermain, leader of the Roseneath Presbyterian Bible Class, to which Geoffrey Lloyd belonged. Mr. Quartermain read the first lesson from it. On behalf of the congregation, the Rev. C. E. Perkins, minister at Roseneath, who conducted the service, accepted the lectern and dedicated it. Padre Kings, of the R.N.Z.A.F., gave the address. The second lesson was read by Flight-Lieutenant Graham Brabyn, a friend of Geoffrey Lloyd’s from Bible Class days. The Air Force wings on the memorial were carved, in tribute, by the leader of another of the Presbyterian Bible Classes in the city. The inscription reads: "A Tribute from his Mother and Father. To the memory of their Dear Son, Geoffrey Stanton Lloyd, Flight-Sergeant, R.N.Z.A.F., who was killed on active service in Algiers, 26th December, 1942. Per ardua ad astra." Members of the NBS were present at the ceremony, which took place on Sunday, September 16,