SOLDIER FATALLY INJURED
HIT BY MOTOR CAR. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) CHRISTCHURCH, January 2, A private in the New Zealand Special Force at Burnham, Walter Corrigal Toy, son of Mr W. W. Toy, Lyttelton, died on Sunday evening from injuries he received when he was struck by a motor-car about a mile from Rolleston, on the Christchurch side. Toy was standing on the road holding up his hand to stop a car travelling from the direction of Christchurch about 12.30 on Sunday morning when he was struck by another car approaching him from behind and travelling toward Christchurch. He suffered serious -head injuries, and was taken to the Christchurch Public Hospital, where he died about 8 o’clock on Sunday evening.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 3 January 1940, Page 2
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