Item 11: General William Holmes papers, September 1914-January 1915 - Page 195

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BRITISH ADMINISTRATION - GERMAN NEW GUINEA:

Rabaul,
New Britain,
5th  January 1915.

The Honorable,  
The Minister of State for Defence,
Melbourne:

In my despatch of the  29th ultimo, I mentioned the fact that No. 20 Pte. James Samuel Gray of 'A' Company, Tropical Unit, was seriously ill in hospital suffering from pulmonary tuberculosis.   I have now to advise that this man committed suicide yesterday by cutting his throat.

In the opinion of Captain H.H. Field-Martell, A.A.M.C., who saw Gray a little while before the act was committed, he would only have lived a few hours longer.

I understand he has no relatives, but that he left a will devising his property to the London Hospital.

(Sgd.) William Holmes, Colonel
Administrator.

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