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Tom Christian MBE was a citizen of Pitcairn Island, who was its long-serving radio operator.During his lifetime Christian was profiled in a number of publications, including National Geographic magazine, People magazine.Christian served as the Governor's appointee on the Pitcairn council for forty years.In 1983 Christian had been appointed a member of the Order of the British Empire, an order of chivalry.Christian left the island for New Zealand, when he was 17, for three years, where he was trained to operate radio station ZBP, first set up by the New Zealand military during World War II.In 1989, according to People magazine, Christian was the highest paid Islander, earning $10,000.The Telegraph reported that Christian had spent other relatively brief periods off-island, that he had always been attracted to life, off-island, and never expected to stay on the island so long.Christian, like most Pitcairn Islanders, was a follower of Seventh-day Adventism, and worked for six months at a Seventh-day Adventist radio station in California.