AUCKLAND BOY DROWNED
-Press Association.)
(By Telegraph-
" AUCKLAND, This Day. An inquest was opened this morning into the death of Desmond Llewellyn thomas, aged 15, of Avondale, who was drowned in the Whau creek yesterday afternoon. He was swimming with 14 other lads, and, not until the majority had left for home, was it found that he was missing. George Heron, a resident of the district, searched the swimming-pool and found ihe body. A doctor stated that the boy had apparently been dead for over two hours. ' The boy was a strong swimmer and was popular in the neighbourhood. He had recently been apprenticed as » eoaehbuiider with the Auckland Transport Board. After hearing evidence of identification, the Coroner, Mr F. K. Hunt, adjonrned the inquest sine die.
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 56, 29 November 1937, Page 4
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