DEATH OF A SOLDIER
" . THE INQUEST. | By Telegraph.T-Press Association. ' ■ Dunedin, January 28-:. 'An inquest was held to-day regarding |Mje" death of-Trooper Patrick J!. Joyce, iwho returned from tile IWillochra ,in November, ■ -Wednesday in a' boardinghousb Jn" Ma'cilaggan Street. • , fcitirS^i'M ; '■ •The evidence showed that I 'deceased', iwas a fairly heavy drinker, and. cpmiplained frequently of being 'of, pain from a wound inside. Tine medical evidence showed that deceased liad no wound, but a scar, probrably caused by an operation for appen■dicitis. Both lungs were extremely, congested, and the heart-.considerably.en-larged, weighing 28 ounces. The causo fof ideath was heart failure in consequence "of 'the enlargement, coupled .with- con- • igcstion of tlie lungs. ;A xerdict-.was, : ! tiaturned accordingly.,
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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2681, 29 January 1916, Page 6
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114DEATH OF A SOLDIER Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2681, 29 January 1916, Page 6
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