RELIC OF TRAGEDY.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LVI, Issue 200, 14 July 1936, Page 4

RELIC OF TRAGEDY.

MR W. M. O'HARA'S HELMET. Pei - Tress Association. AUCKLAND, July 13. . A small parcel recalling tragic memories was included in the mud brought from Sydnev by the \\ anganella to-day. It contained the leather flying helmet once worn by Mr YV. M. 0 Hara, the well-known New Zealand airman, and torn from his head when his aeroplane crashed and he was killed at Eummuugerie, New South Wales, on May 24. The helmet came in the possession of the police authorities in New South Wales after the tragedy, and it was decided to forward it to tlie relatives of Mr O'Hara. The AVaikato Returned Soldiers' Association had made a request for „ the helmet by raido-telephone to Sydney when the news of its existence was made known, but its claims have been waived until the relatives have decided whether thev 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 associations' rooms. The helmet was sent to New Zealand through the Government Trade Commissioner in Sydney and was addressed to the Auckland office of the Government Tourist Bureau, where it is being kept at present.