CHRISTCHURCH SENSATION
f. V J t u- I DRILL INSTRUCTORS SUICIDE
United Press Association, Christchurch, February 12
At noon to-day, lying on the river hank near Armagh Street bridge, in the North Park, was found the body of Drill-instructor Sergt-Major Herbert G. F. Scott, a. young man of twentyfive Or twenty-six years, who was recently discharged from , the Trentham camp for-being absent without leave. Scott had put the , barrel of a fivechambered revolver in his month and pulled the- trigger. The bullet came out on top of the right hand side of his head. Four live cartridges were left in the weapon. Letters found on the body pointed clearly to suicide. Evidently Scott belonged to Dunedin, for a letter was addressed to his mother at a Dunedin address. It is stated that Scott wished to go to the front, but was asked to stay behind as drill instructor, and he was attached to the third reinforcements. The body was dressed in civilian clothes. *
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXV, Issue 36, 13 February 1915, Page 3
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163CHRISTCHURCH SENSATION Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXV, Issue 36, 13 February 1915, Page 3
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