THE CASEY CASE
REPORT OF COMMISSION
ACTION OF NAVAL BOARD
(Received September 5, 11 a.m.)
MELBOURNE, This Day.
' The report of the Royal Commission, under Mr. Justice Napier, which inquired into the discharge from the Royal Australian Navy of Lieutenant-Com-mander Casey, has been issued. The Commission found that the retirement of Casey was necessary in the interests of the service and there was no impropriety in the manner adopted for his retirement or in. the fact that ho retired without compensation.
Mr. Justice Napier concluded that Casey had recovered from the shock of retirement and that his suicide was caused either by a "sudden impulse acting upon, a mind predisposed to melancholia or some exciting cause not disclosed in the evidence. The action of the Naval Board was in accord with the statutory regulations, but I regret that no means were taken to prevent the decision of the board coming so unexpectedly and as such a shock to the officer."
On June 2C the Federal Government decided to appoint a Royal Commission to investigate the invaliding and discharge of Lieutenant-Commander A. D. Casey from the Royal Australian Navy. Casey killed himself after he was discharged, and his relatives sought an in quiry into the, circumstances of his dismissal, which, it was claimed, contributed to' his death. Casey received no compensation when he was dismissed.
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THE CASEY CASE
Evening Post, Volume CXVIII, Issue 57, 5 September 1934, Page 9
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