LIEUT. AIMER'S DEATH

Evening Post, Volume XCI, Issue 150, 26 June 1916, Page 7

LIEUT. AIMER'S DEATH

DUE TO ACCIDENT.

LONDON, 24th June. At U'o inqu<wt on FlighW/ieuteji&iil Aimer (the Aucklander whose: death was

reported last week), the evidence showed that the deceased's machine suddenly swerved, wobbled, and then crashed vertically to earth. A verdict of accidental death was returned.

[Lieutenant George Vernon Aimer was the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Aimer, of Parnell, Auckland. He was born in Hokianga in 1886, and was educated in Auckland. For a time he was employed in the Qovernment Forestry Department at Rotorua, subsequently taking a position in Fiji. Shortly after returning to Auckland in 1910 he entered the service of the Bank of New Zealand. In August of last year he obtained extended leave of absence, and proceeded to England for health reasons. After.jv short time in. hospital he offered his services to the War Office, but they were not accepted, owing to the state of his health. Lieutenant Aimer then studied aviation, and after qualifying for his, pilot's certificate was appointed an instructor at the London Provincial Aviation Company's School. Later he again offered his services to • the military authorities, and was given a commission in the Royal Flying Corps. When in Auckland the late lieutenant was very popular in athletic circles, and had at different times, over a period of eight years, been a member of the St. George's Rowing Club, part of which time he was captain. A brother, Trooper Alexander Goven Aimer, left for the front with the 13th Reinforcements.]