BRINSMEAD BACK HOME
SHADOW OF FORMER SELF
CRIPPLED? IN AIR CRASH
.. SYDNEY., 7th MarchColonel Briffisinead, Comptroller of Civil Aviation, iv Australia, w-ho was gravely injured! in the< Dutclr- air mail 'plane smash near Bangkok last year, reached Sydneyr aboard' the Nieuw Zeeland attended "by a young aviatoT. Colonel Brinsniead is a pathetic figure, a shadow of his- former self. He is a partial cripple and his eyesight and speech are affected,, but. he is able: to whisper. He is*, mucb improved and benefited by tha sea trip from Java^ and expects in a few months' that he will be nearly ■ right again. Mrs. Brinsmead me,t him at Brisbane.
A large number of flying men cordially welcomed the patient at "the ship's side, and an aerial escort was provided for the vessel prior to berthing. ■
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Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 57, 8 March 1932, Page 7
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BRINSMEAD BACK HOME
Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 57, 8 March 1932, Page 7
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