FATALITY ON SOMES ISLAND
1 The death occurred early this morning .of Sergeaiit James Saundersoii, a member of the guard on Somes Island, under circumstances which (will necessitate the holding of an inquest. A report furnished to the police states that at 1.15 a.m.. Saunderson, .who was a returned soldier, was relieved of duty by another member of the guard (Lance-Corporal Brown). Fifteen minutes later, Brown heard the report of a firearm from the direction of the guard room, and on en. tering the building he found Saunderson lying on his back, with a. service revolver in his hand and a. bullet in Ms head. Saunderson was quite dead. So far as can be ascertained, the deceased had no relatives. in New Zealand. He left a note bidding- farewell to Major Matheson and the staff, and naming Mr. James Moore, the Seamen's Missioner, as his next-of-kin; He was a; single man, 49 years and 8 months old, and left New Zealand with the 13th Reinforcement*.
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Evening Post, Volume XCVI, Issue 107, 1 November 1918, Page 8
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