“DEAD” SON RETURNS
AFTER EIGOTEEN YEARS. (Per Press Association.) DUNEDIN, December 3. To see a son whom he believed was killed in the war, walk into his home after an absence, of 18 years, was the amazing experience of John Tohill, of Surrey Street, last week. This son, Patrick, was last seen by his parents in 1911 in Canterbury. Upon the outbreak of the war his four brothers joined up, three being killed. Patrick was debarred by his youth, even two years after the war started, but under an assumed name he managed to get away with a Canterbury unit. He was wounded in France, also suffering from gas and shell shock. His injuries were such as caused frequent lapses of memory. As a result he wandered aimlessly around the world. As his parents were unaware of his assumed name, all efforts to trace him were unavailing, and it* was assumed that he was dead.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 3 December 1929, Page 2
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