NO FURTHER ACTION
Recovery Of Mt. Malte Brun Climbers
Task Considered Top Dangerous
It has now been decided not to send out any further parties to the Malte Brun Glacier to bring back the body of Leading Aircraftman W. F. Wallis, who lost his life while climbing Mt. Malte Brun on March 20, 1943. The body was discovered by Mr Bruce Gillies, Oamaru, while leading a climbing party on January 4. “This decision was arrived at after consulting the relatives,” said Inspector D. L. Calwell, of the Timaru Police District, to a "Timaru Herald” representative yesterday.
“After considering every aspect of the case, the relatives agree that, in view of the precipitous slope of the mountain side where the body rests, there would be danger to any recovery party working there and no good purpose could be served in taking such risks.”
In regard to Leading Aircraftman Wallis’s companion, Sergeant W. P. Morton, the Inspector said it was presumed that his body lay deeply embedded in the ice nearby and no furthe'r steps would be taken to recover it. “The task of digging into this ice would be even more dangerous than that of bringing out the body of his companion,” remarked the Inspector, in explaining the reason for the decision.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CLV, Issue 22790, 14 January 1944, Page 4
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211NO FURTHER ACTION Timaru Herald, Volume CLV, Issue 22790, 14 January 1944, Page 4
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