HARBOUR TRAGEDY
» I SECOND BODY FOUND (By Telegraph—Press Association.) AUCKLAND, October 19. The second of three bodies of the naval ratings who were drowned when a cutter from H.M.S, Leander capsized during a race in the harbour on September 30 was found this afternoon !near Bucklands Beach. After it had been recovered the body was identified as that of Ordinary Seaman Neville Clutha Tasker, aged 19 years. The body was first seen by Mr. i W. Croll, who was walking along the beach. In the afternoon a motor-boat was sent with a whaler in tow from H.M.S. Achilles. The body was recovered from the rocks on the east beach.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIV, Issue 96, 20 October 1937, Page 6
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109HARBOUR TRAGEDY Evening Post, Volume CXXIV, Issue 96, 20 October 1937, Page 6
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