OFFICERS’ TRAGIC “ RAG.”
The story of a “rag” which ended in tragedy at the Royal Marine Officers’ Mess, Chatham, was told at an inqeust at the Royal Naval Barracks on Submarine Lieut. Donald Charles Deacon, 24, of Brighton. Lieut. Lionel Arthur Taylor said that lie mill Deacon attended tho mess as guests. After dinner they played pool and had a sing-soug. About mid-night there was a general “ scrap,” in which the officers chased one another from room to room. Deacon, to avoid his jiursuers, ran into a subway, from the balcony at the end of which ho apparently overbalanced, and fell into the water on to some steps 30ft below. Surgeon-Lieut. George Geoffrey Newman and Lieut. Edward Ashley Brown agreed that the ragging was of a friendly nature. ' The jury returned a verdict of accidental death.
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Hokitika Guardian, 8 January 1926, Page 1
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136OFFICERS’ TRAGIC “ RAG.” Hokitika Guardian, 8 January 1926, Page 1
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