EX-SOLDIER'S SUICIDE
(Tl TEIEGRAPE.—PRESS ASSOCIATION.)
DUNEDIN, 20th May. At the inquest on. Anthony Patterson, aged 23 years, a farm labourer, who shot himself when in the Occidental Private Hotel the -previous day, a verdict was returned that death was caused by a. bullet wound in ; the head self-inflicted, but the evidence was not sufficient ts> show what state of mind the deceased was in at the time. Deceased is stated to have been the tallest' mas in the Dominion, his height being si:: feet eight inches. Ho was a member of the Expeditionary Force, .and when in camp was photographed/with, his arms extended and an average,sised man under each of them. v
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Evening Post, Volume XCIX, Issue 120, 21 May 1920, Page 10
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112EX-SOLDIER'S SUICIDE Evening Post, Volume XCIX, Issue 120, 21 May 1920, Page 10
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