A BAYONET WOUND
SEAMAN IN HOSPITAL! ENCOUNTER WITH SENTRIES (Per United Press Association) ' AUCKLAND, Oct. 5. Andrew Sim, an able seaman on s.s. Kakapo, is in Auckland Hospital recovering from a bayonet wound. He was admitted following an encounter with sentries at an armed guard post on the waterfront. From official quarters it was learned that Sim is alleged to have climbed over a barbed wire entanglement. The sentry ordered Sim not to climb the barrier, but he persisted, and the corporal of the guard came along. The corporal assumed, it is stated, that Sim offered to fight him. Sim made threatening rushes at the corporal, who immediately came to the on guard position with his rifle, and it is alleged that Sim ran against the bayonet, Sim’s condition it reported to be satisfactory, and he is making progress.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 24423, 8 October 1940, Page 8
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139A BAYONET WOUND Otago Daily Times, Issue 24423, 8 October 1940, Page 8
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