UNCONSCIOUS FOR THREE MONTHS.
. CAPTAIN'S STUBBORN FIGHT I FOB LIFE. 1 Doctors at the Royal Northern Hospital, Holloway Road, N,, are amazed by the stubborn fight for life of Capt. Cyril T. Underhay, late of the 11th (County of London) Battalion (Finsbury Rifles), who has been in a semi- [ conscious state since he met with a ! motor, -cycle accident early in May. I "We were turning a dangerous cor- ' ner, I in the side-car apd my brother on the saddle,, when the machini * swerved and ran into a tree,” said Capt. Underhay’s brother to a Daily Mail reporter. "In spite of the violent collision my brother kept his seat, and I took him from it in an un- ! conscious condition. He has not yet * completely recovered consciousness. When roused he can say ‘y?s’ 'and ’no’ to questions, but immediately relapses into somnolence. He is fed with liquid food. At first there was little hops of his recovery, but the prospects are better now.” Capt. Uhderihay. was four times gassed in the Avar and wounded by a bullet in the lung. He won the Military Cross,
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Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXIII, Issue 4471, 25 September 1922, Page 4
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185UNCONSCIOUS FOR THREE MONTHS. Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXIII, Issue 4471, 25 September 1922, Page 4
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