INQUEST INTO SOLDIER'S DEATH
A verdicrt that death was due to u r ? of *he ar >d laceration o ♦? e 5, rran ' n WQ s returned by the Ashbur 'on Coroner (Mr E. C. Bathurst) at th< "(quest on Saturday into the death of ‘■rivate Albert Ernest King, aged 20. fcni j ur street Dunedin, who was "■(led when an Army truck overturned «t Greenstreet on May 17. .tu va * e Thomas E. H Munro. drivei V ae truck, said that it contained five „"J e f soldiers, who were picking up * es at Greenstreet. The truck be,v* to sway and veer to the right, and voM i at tempted to straighten it. the enicle swerved violently and overnf iu ' believed lhat the weight ‘be men in the back of the truck pu? , have contributed to the swaying tjhSrles s. Vial, of the Ashburton ower Board staff, said that he was wm’l?® behind the truck, the speed of wnten he estimated at between 35 and “miles an hour. He did not think this of 5 excessive. The truck wobbled tly. turned to the right, and somersa ulted three times.
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Press, Volume LXXIX, Issue 23962, 1 June 1943, Page 7
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189INQUEST INTO SOLDIER'S DEATH Press, Volume LXXIX, Issue 23962, 1 June 1943, Page 7
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