PLUCKY “DIGGER”
ARM TORN FROM SOCKET. LIGHTS CIGARETTE AND AWAITS AMBULANCE. (T7.P.A. by Eloc. Tol. Copvrght.) LONDON, Sept. Li. . An instance of an ex-Digger’s remarkable fortitude is reported fro-m Cardiff, where an* Australian', George MoDavitt, aii able seaman, is now m Jiospital witli one arm torn from its socket. MoDavitt was recently stranded in London. Thanks to the help of the New Zealand Government he found a position on the steamer Argus, hound for New Zealand. He was assisting to load tip? vessel at Cardiff when his arm became entangled in a winch rope and was torn off. McDavitt was in agony, but calmly lit a cigarette and .smoked until' an ambulance arrived.
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXXII, Issue 11616, 16 September 1931, Page 7
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