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Article: Roland (Ro) Bewsher, O.B.E. (Memorials).(missionary)(Obituary)
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- Borneo Research Bulletin
- Article date:
- January 1, 1999
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1910-1998
The death of Ro Bewsher in Pialba, Queensland, Australia on 15 November 1998 severed one of the few remaining pre-World War Two links between Sarawak and the Borneo Evangelical Mission (BEM), his service with the BEM having begun in 1932. Ro was born in Burnie, Tasmania of deeply religious parents, both of whom were milliners. He enrolled in the Melbourne Bible Institute at the age of nineteen and subsequently was sent to Limpasong in the mid-Limbang area of northern Sarawak. Working amongst the Bisaya, an ethnic group settled along the Limbang and Trusan rivers, Ro quickly learnt their language by living as a working member of a Bisaya family. This ...