Assassination of Sir Arthur Charles

Sir Arthur Charles, Speaker of the Leglsiative Council of Aden, was assassinated on 1 September 1965, during the Aden Emergency.

Assassination of Sir Arthur Charles
LocationAden
Date1 September 1965
Attack type
Shooting
Deaths1
PerpetratorsNLF

Charles was shot as he was entering his car after playing at the Sierra Tennis Club in Crater. He was immediately taken to a hospital, but died there.[1] Charles had been in Aden since 1959 and was knighted in June 1965.[2][3]

References

  1. Contemporary newspaper report accessed 9 March 2015
  2. "Toledo Blade - Google News Archive Search".
  3. "ADEN MURDER Police hunt gunmen". The Canberra Times. 3 September 1965. p. 5. Retrieved 10 November 2015 via National Library of Australia.
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