OLD WAR INJURY

Taranaki Daily News, 21 December 1932, Page 7

OLD WAR INJURY

FRACTURE. OF SPINE. ; ~y; '‘J . - -/ ■ eighteen years ago. ■ . Dunedin, Dec. 17,.. A remarkable case of a soldier’s injured spine has come .to light During the voyage of the.main body of the Expeditionary Force to Egypt in 1314 a ; trooper of the Mounted Rifles jured in the back by being crushed by.; . /, a horse, and later he was again hurt ~-3 when his horse fell into a trench, being returned to New Zealand he was discharged as unfit for further service, but his disability did not seem to war- i rant his applying for a pension. Three years ago an accident on a Public Works job aggravated the trouble in his back, ' and he found himself in great pain and ■ ' unable to work. His trouble was diagnosed as a tubercular spine, and treat- ;; ment was given over some time. He applied for a pension m August of this year, his case being sponsored , before the current sitting of the War;: Pensions Appeal Board by the Dunedin Returned Soldiers’ Association. An ex- . amination by Dr. J. A. Jenkins resulted in the diagnosis of a fracture of the spine. This was confirmed by X-ray photographs, and a pension was awarded by th* board. . / "A./' ■■ .