TWO ARMY OFFICERS INJURED
A.D.C. To General Williams
MOTOR-COLLISION NEAR WHAKATANf
Two prmy officers were injured in a motor collision on the WhakataneOpotiki road, nine miles from Whakatane, at about 5.50 on Saturday afternoon. They were Captain 11. Whitbread, A.D.C. to General Sir Guy Williams; military adviser to the New Zealand Government, and Lieutenant G. Murray, of the Paeroa area office.
The staff car in which they were travelling was following a vehicle in which were General Williams, Brigadier West. Major Dawe, area officer at Paeroa, and Sergeant Stephenson. The party is making a visit of inspection through the northern military district.
The second car, driven by Lieutenant Murray, collided with a truck coming in the opposite direction and driven by Mr. R. J. Mercer, Edgecumbe. The. two occupants were injured and taken to Whakatane Hospital.
It was reported tonight;thht Captain Whitbread was still unconscious and suffering from severe concussion. Lieutenant Murray, who suffered shock and abrasions, was not in a serious condition. Mr. Mercer was not injured. _ The official party returned to Whakatane as a result of the accident. Captain Whitbread, who arrived in New Zealand in June, is an Imperial Army officer, his unit being Queen Victoria’s Rifles.
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Camp News, Volume 2, Issue 86, 22 August 1941, Page 6
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