ACCIDENTS & FATALITIES
BODY OF NAVAL RATING FOUND (United Press Association) AUCKLAND, October 19. The second of (the three bodies of the naval ratings who were drowned when a cutter from H.M.S. Leander capsized during a race in the harbour on September 30 was found this afternoon near Buckland’s Beach. After it had been recovered the body was identified as that of Ordinary Seaman Neville Clutha Tasker, aged 19 years. The body was first seen by W. Croll, who was walking along the beach in the afternoon. A motor-boat was sent with a whaler in tow from H.M.S. Achilles. The body was recovered from the rocks on the east beach.
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Southland Times, Issue 23335, 20 October 1937, Page 6
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109ACCIDENTS & FATALITIES Southland Times, Issue 23335, 20 October 1937, Page 6
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