Sapper Healey Dies, 13 Years Ordeal. Before the State congress of the Returned Sailors and Soldiers Imperial League as adjourned last night the death of Sapper Frank Healey, who was the first cot case to be admitted to Randwick Hospital, was announced. Expressions of condolence with Mrs Healey were passed, and delegates stood for a minute in silent tribute to their comrade. Sapper Healey was shot in the spine on Gallipoli, and was invalided back to AUS in 1915. For 13 years he lay helpless on an air cushion. Throughout his terrible ordeal Sapper Healey showed remarkable fortitude and became a familiar figure to thousands of visitors to Randwick Hospital as the occupier for about five years of "Canary Cottage," a tent placed at his disposal near the entrance to the hospital. Later he became an inmate of Graythgwaite, and recently had been residing at his home, at Lane Cove. The Returned Soldiers Club recently completed the erection of a motor garage to house a motor car which had been
especially constructed for his use. 9 Aug 1928.
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