Raymond Gadabu

Raymond Gadabu (25 September 1921 – 17 October 1964) Gadabu attended Nauru Primary School before moving to Australia to study at Geelong Junior Technical College, the Gordon Institute and Everett's Business College in Melbourne. In 1941 he began work as a ledger clerk at Geelong and Crossy Trading, later becoming a shipping clerk and salesman for the company. Following the death of Head Chief Timothy Detudamo in April 1953, Gadabu was elected as his replacement. In 1954 he was appointed a Nauruan Affairs officer and made a magistrate in the Nauru District Court. Although he was re-elected to the Council in 1955, he was replaced as Head Chief by Hammer DeRoburt.