Students from the SDA training school at Vailoa marching on the road beside Magiagi Cemetery , in Apia , to attend the burial of Mr Reye .
Both photos Reye Family Collection
On 7 August 1933 at the age of 59 , Ernst Reye died in Apia while undergoing surgery for complications arising from his diabetes . Two years before , he and Margaretta had visited the Sydney Adventist Hospital for treatment . The people who can be identified in this grave-side photo taken at Magiagi Cemetery are ( left-toright ): the Rev . Perkins ; Mr Fritz Stünzner ; Mr Augustus Betham ; Mr Irwin Carruthers in grey jacket and lavalava ; Mr A . M . Gurau ; Mr Max Grapengiesser ; Mr Alfred Matthes ; Mr Emil Meiritz ; a man holding the Concordia Club flag ; Mr Wilhelm Arp .
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