Sailor’s Fatal Fall Over Cape Brett Cliff
(Special) RUSSELL, This Day. Stepping over a Cape Brett cliff last night, a sailor fell 30 feet, sustaining serious head injuries which led to his death. He was:
Petty-Officer J. Simpson, married.
It appears that Petty-Officer Simpson was walking up a path on the side of the cliff leading to a dwelling, with another rating, and stepped over the side at the path, falling 30 feet to the ground below. He received a fractured skull and lacerations of the brain. A launch took him to Russell, but he died before being admitted to hospital. Petty-Officer Simpson’s wife resides in the South Island. -Northern Advocate, 6/7/1943.
FOR THE EMPIRE’S CAUSE
SIMPSON. — As the result of an accident while on duty on July 5, 1943, at Cape Brett, Petty Officer Herbert John Simpson, beloved husband of Sylvie Simpson, of Kurow; aged 36 years. — The Funeral will leave the Presbyterian Church, Kurow, To-morrow (Sunday), July 11, at 2.30 p.m., for the Kurow Cemetery. — Stringer and Wilson, funeral directors, Oamaru. -Otago Daily Times, 10/7/1943.
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