RETURNED SOLDIER’S DEATH.
(Per Preaa Association.) Dunedin, Dec. 23. A returned soldier named Charles Wilson, while returning from Dunedin to Port Chalmers under an escort yesterday afternoon, escaped from the train at Burkes. He later went to the Port, commandeered a small boat and attempted to jow to Quarantine Island. The sea was rough, and Wilson was seen at 6.30 p.m. struggling in the water. The police secured a launch and went to the rescue but Wilson disappeared. His body has not been recovered.
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Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XLI, Issue 11418, 22 December 1917, Page 8
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84RETURNED SOLDIER’S DEATH. Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XLI, Issue 11418, 22 December 1917, Page 8
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