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 | |
|---|---|
| Location | Aden |
| Date | 1 September 1965 |
Attack type | Shooting |
| Deaths | 1 |
| Perpetrators | NLF |
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
- Contemporary newspaper report accessed 9 March 2015
- "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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