More stuff. Isaac's escape from Tarawa is unclear.
Pacific Islands Monthly, April, 1942
Bevington and his wife escaped from Tarawa by different
routes. She and the kids were evacuated. He was on
the Kiakia and got a radio message that warned him that
Tarawa had fallen. The Kiakia was able to make it to
Suva by using sail and rationing water. Sir Harry Luke
sent the whole family on furlough to NZ for three months.
BSIP: British Solomon Islands Protectorate
Dr Lindsay Isaac is reported to have arrived in Suva from
Tarawa, though it does not not say how he escaped. His
mother was a resident of Sydney.
New sport developed: "Air-Gunning for Mosquitoes." The
best way to get them was to use BB-pistols without
loading any BB's. A properly-directed blast of air
would squish them against the wall.