TRAGEDY AT SEA
9 SOLDIER LOST OVERBOARD. The voyage of the troopship Giessen from England to New Zealand was. marred by a" tragedy which occurred' about July 25, one of the troops 48,327 Corporal J. D. Ellsou, being lost overboard. The deceased belonged to A Company, Wellington Regiment, and h« was missed from medical inspection ou Hie morning of July 25, sonip weeks after leaving England. A thorough search of the ship was made, but' no trace of the. man could be found. The weather w.i» very heavy at the time, and it is awsumed thai; Corpora! Ellson was either washed oil' the vessel or accidentally, fell overboard on the previous niglil:. Previous to going to the front deceased resided in the Wellington district, but hn was not a native of Kew Zealand, and it is believed that he had no relatives in the Dominion.' .His mother lives in Scot* land. ■ •
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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 284, 27 August 1919, Page 6
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151TRAGEDY AT SEA Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 284, 27 August 1919, Page 6
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