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Date: 1916
Newspaper Article

TWO TORONTO OFFICERS ARE DEAD, ONE IN MESOPOTAMIA

Lieut. Errol Platt Killed in France While Leading His Men.

LIEUT. G. W. F RAWLE KILLED IN FAR EAST

Seventeen Men Who Enlisted in Toronto are Reported in Latest Casualty Lists.

Seventeen men who enlisted in Toronto are reported in the latest casualty lists. Lieut. E. B. Platt is reported to have died of wounds; the death of Dr. Norman Yellowless by drowning at Saloniki, and the wounding of Lieut. Durie are now officially reported.

Of the men mentioned, one has been killed in action and thirteen are wounded.

A cable from London states that Lieut. R. A. Turnbull, 45 Chestnut Park road, reported wounded April 16, is now in London suffering from contusion in the back. His condition is said to be severe.

Lieut. Durie is now in the clearing hospital at Etaples with a gunshot wound in the right lung. According to messages received by relatives in Toronto, his condition is critical.

Lieut. G. W. F. Rawle of the Bank of Commerce staff, well-known in Toronto, has been killed in action in Mesopotamia.

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