AIRMAN'S DEATH
POLICE INVESTIGATION t BODY AT FOOT OF CLIFF PATHOLOGIST'S SUGGESTION' [Br TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION] CHRISTCHURCH. Wednesday How Aircraftsman A. E. Bulman, aged 29, a single man,'met his deatH is the subject of intensive investigation by the police. His body, -which apparently had been in the water for several days, was found yesterday morning at the foot of Scarborough Cliff, but the police do not believe he fell from the top of the cliff. Had he done so his injuries would, have been far. more extensive than' they were and most of his major bones would have been broken. Results of a preliminary examination by Dr. Pearson, pathologist, suggest that death was due to a single blow on the head, which shattered a small area of the skull. Aircraftsman Bulman had injured his wrist while working as a rigger at Wigram aerodrome, . and was on a, month's leave. He had stayed, apparently, at several places during the past month, and the police are investigating his movements during this time and are seeking information regarding people with whom he was associated. '
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23687, 20 June 1940, Page 8
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