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1322:1962 deaths
1317:1880 births
1271:"No. 34812"
1221:"No. 34066"
1201:"No. 34009"
1181:"No. 34014"
1161:"No. 33976"
1141:"No. 33946"
1121:"No. 33823"
1101:"No. 33619"
1081:"No. 33577"
1061:"No. 33295"
1041:"No. 33173"
1021:"No. 32398"
1001:"No. 30450"
981:"No. 30421"
961:"No. 30072"
926:"No. 29623"
906:"No. 29675"
886:"No. 29675"
851:"No. 29319"
831:"No. 29078"
796:"No. 28262"
776:"No. 27897"
756:"No. 27532"
736:"No. 27468"
716:"No. 27432"
686:reference,
630:"No. 27253"
610:"No. 27249"
590:"No. 27247"
570:"No. 27230"
535:"No. 25870"
277:Indian Army
62:, Australia
1311:Categories
521:References
308:lieutenant
263:Early life
88:Allegiance
49:1880-02-17
1257:The Times
1242:The Times
947:The Times
872:The Times
817:The Times
702:The Times
666:The Times
651:The Times
556:The Times
384:Cape Town
378:The Times
284:Sandy Bay
210:(1926–33)
204:(1906–09)
116:(1902–33)
111:(1900–02)
91:Australia
83:, England
77:Camberley
319:Warm Bad
302:Boer War
273:Tasmania
139:Commands
98:Service/
60:Tasmania
465:in the
430:captain
342:in the
327:Rooikop
310:in the
247:of the
200:to the
133:Colonel
124:1900–33
486:brevet
288:Hobart
269:Hobart
171:Awards
106:(1900)
100:branch
81:Surrey
56:Hobart
454:major
418:India
388:Avoca
234:
232:,
227:
225:,
129:Rank
67:Died
43:Born
682:.
402:by
236:DSO
189:(7)
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229:CB
222:VC
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