From Bombala Times 19/8/1921 Births, Deaths and Marriages

"The death was announce in Monday's Sydney papers os Mr Arthur S Thoma s, second surviving son of the late Mr James Thomas, of Chatswood, and formerly of Bombala. Arthur had an abscess on the arm, and this turne d to blood poisoning. He was living on his plantationat Santo in the N ew Hebrides, and his poisoned arm became so bad that removal to the ho spital at Vila, the principal town, was deemed advisable. Vila was som e distance away and the trip had to be made by boat, but bad weathwer sprung up and it was two weeks before the boat reached Vila. The arm w as then so bad that the doctor had to operate at once. Evidently the o peration was successfil and hopes were entertained for his recovery, f or it was than a month after that a cable was received by his people i n Chatswood to say that he had passed away. Mr Thomas was a single man aged 46 years. He was born in the Bombala district, and spent his ear ly life here and at bibbenluke. He served in the Boer war, and it was some little time after that he took up a plantation in the New Hebride s in company with his brother and Mr Maurice Witts, Confined as were h is activities in the Hebrides, still he did a lot of good for the plan ters and the natives, a good citizen trying to do good for his fellow man."