SOLDIER KILLED
Army Truck Crashes Over Bank EIGHT MEN INJURED (By Telegraph—Press Association.) CHRISTCHURCH, September 14. .One soldier was killed and eight Injured when an Army vehicle crashed over a bank early this morning. The victims were: Killed. Gunner Eric Richard Thomas Robinson, aged 20. Mother, Mrs. Mary Robinson, Christchurch. Injured. Gunner Leslie James Williamson. Gunner F. E. HoOper. Gunner Frank Long. Gunner T. E. Bateman. Gunner A. A. Thorne. Gunner J. K. Milne. Gunner H. G. Mahoney. Lance-Bombardier W. Paterson. The men were returning from leave to Godley Head coast defence post. A truck met the men at the Sumner tram terminus and had a full load of men at the time of the accident. The driver and man alongside him escaped injury, all the casualties'occurring among the mdn in the body of the truck. Three ambulances from Christchurch were called aud took the injured to hospital, where five were admitted. The other three were sent to hospital for observation this afternoon. _ It is understood that with the exception of Gunner Williamson, who lias injuries to his back, none of the injured is in a serious condition.
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Dominion, Volume 34, Issue 299, 15 September 1941, Page 10
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