SOLDIER'S SOUVENIR
GERMAN ' BULLET REMOVED IN BACK FOR 19 YEARS [bt telegraph—own correspondent] DUNEDIN. Monday A prized souvenir of the Great War is in the possession of a Dunedin returned soldier. It is a brass-capped German bullet that has been removed after lodging in the vicinity of his spine for 19 .years. This delicate operation, involving a high degree of skill, was performed at the public hospital. The bullet entered near the right shoulder, struck a metal object near the shoulder blade, and coursed down his, back. The , man has made alnost a complete recovery.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22512, 1 September 1936, Page 10
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