TORN HELMET OF TRAGIC MEMORY.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 14 July 1936, Page 8

TORN HELMET OF TRAGIC MEMORY.

SOUVENIR OF O’HARA’S LAST FLIGHT. (By Telegraph —Press Association.) AUCKLAND, Last Night. A small parcel recalling tragic memories was included in the man. brought from Sydney by the Wanga- ■ nella. It contained a leather flying helmet once worn by W. M. O’Hara, the well-known New Zealand airman, and torn from his head when his aeroplane crashed and he was killed at Eumungerie, New South Wales, on May 2d, The helmet came into the possession of the police authorities in Now South Wales alter the tragedy and it was decided to forward it to the relatives of Mr. O’Kara. The Waikato Soldiers’ Association hud made a request. for the helmet by radio telephone to Sydney when news of its existence was made known, but its claims have been waived until the relatives hue decided whether they wish to keep the helmet or not. If they do not do so it is probable that the helmet will be sent to Hamilton to be preserved in the association’s rooms. The helmet was sem. to New Zealand through the Government Trade Commissioner in Sydney and was addressed to the Auckland cflice of the Government Tourist Bureau where it is being kept at present.