P— **— ■ ■ By a recent , mail . Mr and Mrs Bridger, of Opotiki, received details concerning the death of their son, Private 'Claries Bridger,. w?ho. yw&a "billed in I action^bn September 15. Private Brrdger participated ui the , advauce ,- madp. %y \ the New Zealauderß that ' his company reached their objective, he j wa»''>nei of the first to commence the ' work of' consolidation. The Germans started to ahell heavily about noon. Between 2 and 3 p.m. Private Bridger was moving' to see a comra!de when a high . explosive shell burst aud killed him in- ' stantly. He was buried where be fell, the spot being marked by a cross.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 14195, 12 January 1917, Page 5
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