ARMY ACCIDENT

Wairarapa Times-Age, 26 February 1943, Page 4

ARMY ACCIDENT

THREE DEAD AND ELEVEN INJURED TANK MISHAP NEAR FOXTON. SANDY BANK GIVES WAY. ■ (By Telegraph—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, This Day. An accident involving the death of one officer and two other ranks and injuries to one officei’ and ten other ranks occurred during training near Foxton yesterday. The names of the killed are: — Second Lieutenant J. Transom. Private G. E. Algie. Private C. F. Mclntyre. Those injured are: — Dangerously injured: Private E. C. C. Lett, laceration to scalp and dislocated right hip. Corporal P. A. Davies, fractured skull, and Corporal E. H. T. Williams, fractured pelvis. Injured: Private J. Hickisey, lacerated left arm; Captain C. M. Gardiner, fractured ankle; Private A. J. Bartlett, burns to right leg; Sergeant E. Metekingi, burns to arm; Private J. Grummitt, injuries to hip and wrist; Private G. A. Jenner, injuries to leg and back; Private J. J. G. Allen, injuries to shoulder; Private R. H. Jones, minor injuries to ankle. A tank was operating in sandhill country at the time and the cause of the accident apparently is due to the breaking away of a bank on the edge of which the tank was travelling. Commendable resource and promptitude were displayed by all ranks ,at the scene of the accident and the injured men were speedily extricated. Their injuries were treated by medical officers on the spot and the men conveyed to hospital. The accident occurred at about 10.15 a.m. yesterday and a court of inquiry assembled in the field today.