NEWS from one hundred years ago: ANOTHER WAR VICTIM

Robert Gillespie has been found dead on his farm at Taurikura, Northland. Robert, in his early thirties, has been killed by a bullet shot into his forehead. The bullet came from an army service revolver he brought home from the First World War. Robert, dressed in his working clothes, was found lying dead with the gun still pointing to his head. An inquest finds today that he suffered from depression after coming home from the war and has committed suicide. The New Zealand Herald runs this minor news story under the headline ‘ANOTHER WAR VICTIM.’ Suicide is common among men and women who have come home from the First World War.

New Zealand Herald, 04 November 1920
Northern Advocate, 30 October 1920
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