“CORPSE” THROWN OUT OF BOAT
MEETS PALS IN HOSPITAL INCIDENT AFTER DIEPPE RAID (Rec. 12.40 p.m.) London, Sept. 1. Two Canadian soldiers returning from the Dieppe raid, thinking their boat was in danger of sinking, threw out the body of their comrade to lighten the load. When they awoke in hospital “the corpse” was lying in bed between them.
The dipping had revived the apparently dead man, and he was picked up by a rescue ship. “The corpse” is now spending his time explaining to his two comrades just what he intends to do to them when he recovers.—P.A.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 77, 2 September 1942, Page 2
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