THIRD SON DROWNED
AN UNFORTUNATE MOTHER
(P.A.) WHANGAREI, October 4. The accidental drowning of Private James Wesley Lee, son of Mr. W. J. Lee, Whangarei, was officially notified yesterday. The message was conveyed personally by the Minister of Defence, Mr. Jones, in a telephone conversation with the Whangarei area officer, who undertook to deliver the sad tidings to Private Lee's mother. Private Lee is the third of three brothers, all volunteers with ' the Secor?d N.Z.E.F., to haye lost his life in this way. Just a year ago the two younger brothers, Privates Richard and William Lee, were accidentally drowned in a boating misadventure on the Nile. N,o details of the latest tragedy are available, except that it occurred on September 30.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXII, Issue 84, 6 October 1941, Page 3
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121THIRD SON DROWNED Evening Post, Volume CXXXII, Issue 84, 6 October 1941, Page 3
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