§ Mr. Lowasked the Secretary of State for War to state the account given at the Army court of inquiry by 2nd Lieut. Marler who was an eyewitness of the circumstances in which Lieut. Burke was killed on the Austro-Yugloslav frontier.
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§ Mr. M. Stewart, pursuant to his reply (OFFICIAL REPORT, 1st June, 1948; Vol. 451, c. 785), gave the following additional information:
I have now seen the proceedings of the court of inquiry. They confirm the position as stated by my right hon. Friend the Minister of State in reply to a Question by my hon. and gallant Friend the Member for King's Norton (Mr. Blackburn) on 10th May, viz., that Second-Lieut. Marler could not have seen exactly how the struggle between the Yugoslav sentry and Lieut. Burke began, but that he adheres to his belief that Lieut. Burke started the struggle.