OFFICER KILLED
TURKS FIRE ON WARSHIP’S BOAT. OFF THE ISLAND OF SAMOS. BRITAIN MAKING URGENT INVESTIGATION. RUGBY, July 16. The Admiralty reports that a sailing boat belonging to H.M.S. Devonshire, containing three officers of that ship, was heavily fired on by Turkish sentries on the mainland opposite the island of Samos at about 3 p.m. on Saturday. Surgeon-Lieutenant-Dentist J. A. Robinson, R.N., was hit and lost overboard. His body has not yet been recovered. Lieutenant T. A. K. Maunsell, R.N., received -flesh wounds in the shoulder. H.M.S. Devonshire is at present on a visit to the Greek island of Samos, which adjoins the Turkish coast. The matter is being urgently investigated through the usual diplomatic channels. —(British Official Wireless.)
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Wairarapa Age, 18 July 1934, Page 5
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