SUICIDE OF AN EXPLORER.
I;-. -< A- -■.-.■i.Lrioi:—l:l::ctric T\ lu-r.:; 1 ::- -C.--;-)-! i:;!\ Received Tuesday, 8.40 a.m. LONDON, Monday. Sir Ernest Shackleton, in the course of an interview, .-aid that Mr Armytage, wiiose suicide was reported from Melbourne, had been a loyal and zealous, comrade, good in any emergency au> ! lß\vay3 ready for work. Received Tuesday, at 10.5 a m. SYDNEY. Tuesday. Professor David pays a tribute to rhe lato Mr Bertram Aimytage, characterising him a; one of the most fearless, conscientious and uusellisii members of the Antarctic expedition.
It was reported from Melbourne on Sunday that j,lr Uertram Armytago. wlio v.'us a member of Sir Erncsr Shaekleton'.-- Antarctic expedition, had committed suicide in a bedroom of a Melbourne Clnb. He was fonud lying dressed in eveuius clothts, with ins .Antarctic: medals on ins breast, clutching a Colt revolver iv his left baud. He was shot throimii tho forehead. No cause is assigned for the deed.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume LXII, Issue 9624, 15 March 1910, Page 5
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155SUICIDE OF AN EXPLORER. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume LXII, Issue 9624, 15 March 1910, Page 5
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