SOLDIER’S DEATH
FROM SEPTIC POISONING. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) DUNEDIN, January 1. Home on final leave before departing for service overseas, Private Len Walmsley, Dunedin, died in the Dunedin Hospital on Saturday night from septic poisoning. The tragedy surrounding his sudden death, was deepened because of the fact that he was married only a week previously. After their wedding on December 23. Private Walmsley and Mrs Walmsley went to Kakanui to spend a short honeymoon. They returned to Dunedin in. time for Private Walmsley to make preparation, for his return to camp on Thursday. However, he was not feeling fit enough to return north and remained in Dunedin. On Saturday morning his condition was considerably worse, and he was sent to the Dunedin Hospital. He had been suffering from a boil on the back of his neck and this turned septic. His condition continued to become worse as the day progressed, and his death occurred at 9.50 o’clock. Private Walmsley was 27 years of age and was in the employment of Sargood, Son and Ewen. He took a prominent part in the sports teams of this firm, and was very popular with his fellow workers.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 3 January 1940, Page 2
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