BODY RECOVERED
SEAMAN FROM LEANDER. WAITEMATA HARBOUR TRAGEDY. [ Per Press Association. J AUCKLAND, Oct. 19. The second of the three bodies of naval ratings who were drowned when a cutter from the 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 Mr. W. Croll, who was walking along the beach in the afternoon. A motor-boat was sent with a whaler in tow from the Achilles and the body was recovered from the rocks on East Beach.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 249, 20 October 1937, Page 7
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111BODY RECOVERED Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 249, 20 October 1937, Page 7
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