DEATH IN STREET
NEW ZEALANDER IN SYDNEY (Received 'September 19, 9.50 a.m.) SYDNEY, This Day. An injury received in New Zealand about a month ago is believed to have been the cause of the death yesterday of Avon Alexander West, aged 24, who arrived in Australia three weeksago. West's body was found in a street of a suburb. A few minutes earlier he was seen walking along the street dressed in pyjamas and an overcoat and, evidently in pain. . '. A Government medical officer found that he died from a fracture of the skull, although there was no external fracture. West, who is thought to have been a boxer in New Zealand, had complained, of feeling ill both on the trip, over and since his arrival, although he had been working every ' day. Inquiries are to bs made in New Zealand, and arrangements have been made to send the body home.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXII, Issue 70, 19 September 1936, Page 8
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150DEATH IN STREET Evening Post, Volume CXXII, Issue 70, 19 September 1936, Page 8
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