Fatal Accident
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Dr. C. H. B. Thompson, of Suva
From Our Own Correspondent SUVA, June 25.
TTHE death occurred on June 22 of Dr.
Charles Henry Burton Thompson, Medical Officer of Health at Suva, in tragic circumstances.
On the evening of June 18, when he was out riding, Dr. Thompson’s horse stumbled in a crab hole, and fell on top of him. An X-ray examination disclosed that his spine was broken, and four days later he died in hospital.
Born at Hull, England, in July, 1880, and educated at Durham University, Dr.
Thompson worked in India from 1911 till
1914, and served in many important Eng lish hospitals, being an eye, ear, nose and throat.specialist. He served in the South African War and in the Great War, and come to Fiji in July, 1925, as Medical Officer of Health and School Medical Officer. Also, he was port health officer, and an official member of the Town Board.
Dr. Thompson is survived by a wife and young daughter, who are at present in England. The doctor only recently returned to the Colony from leave.
Mr. W. E. Hancock, manager in Fiji for the Union S.S. Co., who has been on a holiday tour of the United States and Canada, recently returned to Suva
by the Aorangi.