GIFTED STUDENT'S DEATH
MR. DESMOND H. LEWIS SUCCESS IN STUDY OF LAW One of the most promising young men connected with the legal profession in Auckland, Mr. Desmond H. Lewis, died on Saturday, aged 22. Mr. Lewis, who was the only sou of Mr. and Mrs. H. Lewis, of Tauranga, was secretary of the Auckland University College Law Students' Society, and was in the office of ilr. A. H. Johnstone, K.C.
I . After receiving his earlier education at the Wanganui Collegiate School, he took up the study of law in Auckland, and gained outstanding success at the University College, where he won great popularity among the faculty and his fellow students. Just before his death he had sat for his final subjects for the LL.B. degree, and an exceptional carger at the Bar was predicted for him. Mr. Lewis was an, active member of the college debating and tramping clubs.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23200, 21 November 1938, Page 13
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