DIED ON DUTY
COMMANDER OF AQUITAHIA
KNIGHTED FOR AVAR .SERVICE
Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright
LONDON, July 15
(Received July 16, at 12.25 p.m.) Sir James Charles, commander of the Aquitania and commodore of the Cnnard Line, died under dramatic circumstances at the end of his 728th Atlantic crossing, after which he bad intended to retire, lie became ill when entering Cherbourg!), and insisted on staying on the bridge till the ship berthed. ' Internal hemorrhage developed when crossing to Southampton. He arrived in an unconscious condition, and died in a lew minutes, Tie was knighted Tor his war service., He carried thousands of troops to France from America.—Australian Rress Association.
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Evening Star, Issue 19919, 16 July 1928, Page 6
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108DIED ON DUTY Evening Star, Issue 19919, 16 July 1928, Page 6
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