KILLED AT THE FRONT
News of New Zealander And Australian (Eeceived 18, 11.15 a.m.) LONDON, Jan. 17. According to the "Irish Front," William Barry, an Australian who was reported killed in Spain some time ago and who was later reported to be alive, was killed when holding off a rebel attack while Government militiamen di-smantled their machine-guns. When the militia again occupied the position Barry wias found dead with a rifle in his hand, G C. McLaurin, a New Zealander who was also killed in December, held off a rebel platoon with a machine-gun but was killed by their last retreating shot.
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 2, 18 January 1937, Page 5
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