Eric R. Bevington
- A cadet officer in the British foreign service who visited Nikumaroro with Harry Maude and 19 Gilbertese in October of 1937--just three months after Earhart and Noonan disappeared.
- Bevington kept a detailed diary about that exploratory visit to the island.
"I had the pleasure and privilege of spending a couple days with Eric Bevington at his home in the south of England in 1992. We reviewed his journal line by line. He traced out his routes and activities on a map of the island on the coffee table in front of us. We still have that map and a video of the entire interview. The canoe trip with Maude didn't go much south of Bauareke Passage. The wells were dug at the west end where the village would later be established" Gillespie, (Forum).