SENTENCE ON SOLDIER
PENALTY FOB NEGLIGENCE
(P.A.) INVERCARGILL, Wednesday. Sentence on Private Thomas James Calderwood, who was found guilty by court-martial of negligently handling a rifle, has now been promulgated by the officer commanding d?fr^ Ut^"l, Mi L itary Distr ict, Briga- ?' M ? ad - Calderwood has been sentenced to 30 days' detention. . The charges were: (1) Wilfully in- ♦^ hu ??elf with intent, thereby to render himself unfit for service, in that at Invercargill on June 22. 1941, he wilfully shot himself in the right ? <2) by neglect and to the prejudice of good order and; military discipline at Invercargill onj June 22 he so negligently handled a rifle as to shoot himself in the rightl foot, thereby, rendering himself uniitji for overseas service. L Accused pleaded not guilty to both s charges. He was found guilty on the ] second -charge. it h
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 287, 4 December 1941, Page 5
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