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Son of Lindsay Leland ATTRILL and Mary ATTRILL nee KENNEDY, 32 Tope Street, South Melbourne, Vic.

Gnr. Frank Attrill Missing.
Mr. L. L. Attrill, of Narracoorte, has been informed that his youngest son, Gnr. Frank Attrill, is missing in Malaya. He enlisted in Victoria in June, 1940, and went overseas in May,  1941. The last letter received from him was written in Malaya in January last.

Good news was this week received by Mr L. L. (Dick) Attrill, of Naracoorte, to the effect that his youngest son, Gunner Frank Attrill (AIF), who was officially reported lost at sea  when a Japanese transport carrying Australian prisoners of war was recently torpedoed, is safe and now held by the Japanese in Tokio. A telegraph message conveying this  heartening news to Bordertown was received by Mr and Mrs F. L. Attrill last Tuesday.

Found Dead In Bed
Melbourne. April 17.— Frank Attrill, a former prisoner of war, was found dead in bed at Camp Pell, Royal Park, at 6 a.m. It Is believed that Attrill was involved in a brawl, possibly  over a two-up game in the camp, the night before.

POLICE PROBE
MAN'S DEATH
MELBOURNE, Wednesday.— A man found dead at Camp Pell at 6 am today has been identified as Frank Attrill (26).
Detectives say that Attrill had played dice and that shortly after 8.30 last night there was an altercation between him and another man who had taken part in the game. Attrill was  knocked , unconscious and some other soldiers placed him in a car and drove him round the suburbs for about an hour, hoping that he would revive, police say. They took him  back to the camp and placed him in a bed.
According to medical evidence death, which took place between 2 and 3 a.m., was caused by the bursting of a blood vessel in the brain. Inquiries are being continued.

EX-P.O.W.'s WALLET
NOT ON BODY
Police investigations into the death of Frank Attrill, about 26, a former P.O.W., living at Tope Street. South Melbourne, who was found dead in bed at Camp Pell early on Wednesday are continuing.  It is alleged that a wallet that Attrill had had in his possession the previous night was missing when his body was found.

MELBOURNE, July 17.--In General Sessions today Charles William Dix (22), labourer of South Yarra, was acquitted by direction of a charge of robbery with violence, but was found  guilty of larceny from Frank Attrill, a former prisoner of war. The jury added a strong recommendation to mercy. Acting-Judge Sproule sentenced Dix to six months' imprisonment  but suspended the sentence on the prisoner entering into a bond to be of good behaviour for two years. A condition of the bond was that Dix should abstain from intoxicating  liquor for 12 months.
For the Crown, evidence was given that following a dice game outside the canteen at Camp Pell on the evening of April 16, Attrill had been struck a blow. Next morning he was  found dead in his bed at the camp. His wallet, which was missing, was later received through the post by his mother. At the inquest it was stated that the post-mortem examination showed that Attrill had died from natural causes.