"An inquest was also held into the death of Flying-Officer John Henry Low, aged 25, a resident of Invcrcargill. Evidence was given that deceased left Marton to proceed to Ohakea on a motor-cycle on March 23. On the Greatford road near Bulls, he fell from the  machine and received severe head injuries from which he died in the Palmerston North Hospital the next day. After hearing the evidence, the Coroner returned a verdict that deceased died from the results of a fractured skull, acidentally sustained. Sergeant C. McBae conducted the proceedings on behalf of the police."[Manawatu Standard, Volume LXIV, Issue 144, 18 May 1944, Page 5]