A SOLDIER'S TRAGIC DEATH

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 43, 15 November 1918, Page 4

A SOLDIER'S TRAGIC DEATH

MENTAL BALANCE UPSET BY OUrrxiiiiivu.

Circumstances oi a tragic nature were UlSciusiu hi, ail u*tjUi.'oi liclu uL ll'uiuiiaiu v.miy j}.i.W!iuu,), •ofciure iUr. i\ >. ri.iutr, 0.jj.., cuucciuiiij; nnj ueaui oi u boiuici- mum» jL'i-uueiicji i\oiluauoy juuhil'. UU luwauy Aliiliui! iiuui tile ca»up unit nq Oiuc liUb IOUUu u-i iu niti wiieitauunid- uam neuiißßUuy, viuu. a tuiu.ui- miuiea .11ijU't JUlhui'd JUUJJO' I lOllulil It UHX itUl uxea 10 a u-iteii uuutuniiug vnu' loliuwiiig iiiiiwij)iioii:-j\uy uiuurumco i\'uiuuiii win ue iouiiu up me track, i. ngiX-c my conduct; it is too laic now. 1 wuo onicEu'o \iutn me uoctui , nua nine lyiUh imo to my wiiu. ' nna uure iuiuiuu> aigiiature. ~" ■

tSulKtiiiK-iiuy a searck party from the ctiuiij sec uim, uml We b«uy or luiume was iound uc tne loot 01 u tree. mere was a piece 01 mix round the iieck, aim u peruon 01 tue nax was iilwcutd to the tree, atxmt eigut u-et irum tue ground.

it was stated in evidence that Minifie paraded sick on iioiiuay. Appiuvjiiuy no uad been suitemig lroui some inentai trouble tor five or six duys. Ho suriere<l lrorn piles, and did not consider he had improved under medical treatment, lie was also mistakenly possessed oi the idea that he was suffering from a serious disease, and this ' appeared to upset his mental balance.

The coroner returned a verdict that Minin'o committed suicide by liangiujj while of-unsound mind.

Deceased, who was attached to (he Forty-fourth Keinforeemeiite, was 3S years of age, and leaves a wife and child •lit Timaru. In civil life he was employed as a postal official.