ACCIDENTALLY KILLED
GENERAL SIR GEORGE M, HARPER.
WIFE SERIOUSLY INJURED.
Australian and N.Z. Cable (Received S a.m. 5
LONDON, December IC,
Tho accidental death of Genera} Sir Georgy Montagu Harper, whoso Now Zealand division ,recaptured Bapaumo in August, 1918, is reported. He was killed while motoring at Sherborne, Dorsetshire, hi s wife being severely injured. The car skidded into an embankment and turned over pinning General Harper gad big wife underneath.
Licub.-General Sir George Montague Harper j ‘was in his fifty-scvonth year. He was created C.B'. in 1915 and K.C.B. in 1918 Deceased entered the anny in 1884, and served in South Africa (mentioned in despatches four times) and tho European war from 1914 to 1918, again gaining mention in despatches, and promotion to MajorG emend,
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Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume XX, Issue 6793, 18 December 1922, Page 2
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