RETURNED SOLDIER DROWNED
By Telegraph—Press Association, 1 Dunedin, December 22. A returned, soldier named Charles "Wilson, while returning from Dunedin to Port Chalmers Under escort yesterday afternoon, escaped from tho train at Burkes. He later, went to Port Chalmers and commandeered a small boat and attempted to row to Quarantine Island. The sea was rough and Wilson was seen at 6-«i0 p.m. straggling in the water. The puiice secured a launch and went to the rescue, but Wilson had disappeared. The body has not been recovered.
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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 77, 24 December 1917, Page 5
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86RETURNED SOLDIER DROWNED Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 77, 24 December 1917, Page 5
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