JUTLAND VICTIM
AN EXTRAORDINARY STORY ("Sydney Sun" Service.) LONDON, Sept; 11. The newspaper "Observer” reports that a hopelessly maimed man, Patrick Terence O’Malley, aged 52, of Curraghmore, Ireland, wandered into Brighton Police Station. He said that he had been a firstr class petty officer aboard the Queen Mary at the Jutland battle. His family were notified he was killed in action, but two days after the battle, he (O’Malley) lashed to a mess table, was picked up raving mad by the Germans. He was confined for ten years in an asylum at Wilhelmshaven, where he was given one meal daily, had no amusements, and was not allowed to write home. Gradually he became sane and was repatriated home a few'" weeks ago and arrived at Tilbury having paid his fare with two pounds given him in Germany. , • He had a cork leg, and crutches made in Germany. The left leg is missing below the thigh, and the right below the knee. His arms are paralysed, and he has a silver plate replacing his jaw.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 12 September 1927, Page 6
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