DEATH OF DETECTIVE
Recent Nervous Collapse By Telegraph.—Press Association. Christchurch, September 14. The death occurred in tragic circumstances this morning of Detective-Ser-geant Edward F. O’Brien. Mr. O’Brien, who suffered a nervous collapse recently, had 'been on leave since Tuesday. He was found dead this morning in the bathroom of his home with a wound in the throat. He joined the Force in 1911, and served with the Rifle Brigade in Egypt and France. Subsequently he rejoined the Force in Auckland, and became a detective in 1922, being transferred to Christchurch in 1927. In recent weeks he had been pursuing investigations in rhe shooting case at Addington Station.
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Dominion, Volume 26, Issue 301, 15 September 1933, Page 12
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107DEATH OF DETECTIVE Dominion, Volume 26, Issue 301, 15 September 1933, Page 12
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