“INEXPRESSIBLY SAD.”
NO MONEY, NAME OR FRIENDS.
"UNKNOWN WARRIOR” PASSES.
“This is the last chapter in the life of one who apparently became a derelict. There is something inexpressiibly sa,d in this case o|! a man with no money, no name, no friends, as he puts it in a note found on his body,” observed the Coroner at an. inquest held at Palmerston North last week On the body of an unknown man, which was found on April 22, on the Awahuri Road with a. bullet wound in the head and a pea rifle lying across the knees. it was stated in evidence that exhaustive inquiries throughout the Dominion and Australia had failed to establish the identity deceased, who left a note stating that he had been unable ,to find work, had no money, name, or friends, and had, decided to relinguish life. He signed ■it “Unknown Warrior, Aussie,” and hoped "some, other poor devil would have better luck.” A verdict of death from a self-in-flicted rifle bullet wound was returned.
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Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXVII, Issue 5011, 9 August 1926, Page 3
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171“INEXPRESSIBLY SAD.” Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXVII, Issue 5011, 9 August 1926, Page 3
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