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SHIPS TORPEDOED N.Z. Engineer With Message For Mr. Fraser N.Z. Press Association—Copyright Rec. 2.30 p.m. LONDON, Mar. 15. To be torpedoed six times this year is the unenviable record of Chief Engineer E. Suckling, of Hawke's Bay. :He was badly injured when his ship was torpedoed last year, his left leg being fractured in five places, but despite being 28 days in a lifeboat he reached Flores, in the Azores, safely.
Mr. Arthur Cook, M.L.C., was lost when the same ship sank. Chief Engineer Suckling last saw him on a raft in heavy seas. Mr. Cook gave Suckling a personal message for Mr. Fraser, which he is hoping to deliver as soon as he returns to New Zealand. He is now able to walk with the aid of two sticks.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXV, Issue 64, 16 March 1944, Page 6
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