A SOLDIER’S DISAPPEARANCE
j MILITARY COURTS FINDING. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, this day. The finding of the Court of Inquiry into the circumstances connected with the disappearance of Rifleman John Russell, a returned soldier, from the Mararoa during the voyage into Lyttciltou on October 24th or 25th, was made public yesterday. The Court found it was reasonable to suppose that Russell lost bis life during the voyage. Its manta 1 and medical condition was such as to necessitate a special escort being detailed to insure his safety ou the voyage. The first escort (Sapper Goodwin) did not discharge his duties ellicicntly, but the second escort did. With the exception of Goodwill! no member of the New Zealand Military Forces was guilty of negligence, or in any other way culpable in connection with Russell’s disappearance.
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Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume XVII, Issue 5648, 21 June 1919, Page 3
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