The name of Stephen Leslie Carey, who died at Ettrick on Wednesday, is the latest to be added to the roll of those who paid so dearly. “Steve,” as he was popularly known among his host of friends, was employed in the town clerk’s department of the Town Hall, and went to France to serve in the signalling section of the New Zealand Engineers. He returned from the war in ill-health and for several years worked in his old position. Becoming worse, however, he went to Central Otago several years ago, but he failed to improve in health, and died on Wednesday at the age of thirty-one. “Steve” was a prominent member of the Otago Rowing Club, and took part in many of the club’s races. Of a happy disposition and a thorough “sport,” he was very popular among his club mates and those with whom he worked. -Southland Times, 9/4/1926.
Stephen Carey's Army record is currently unavailable online so my best guess as to his cause of death after so many years, plus a move to sunny Central Otago in the hope of improvement, is tuberculosis.
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