DEATH OF A VETERAN.
By Telegraph—Press Association. GREYMOUTH, November 21. An old man named O'Grady died in tbe hospital to-day, at the age of 85 years. '* the Navy in 1850 and went out to China in H.M.S. Odin in 1860. He was present at the taking of the Taku Forts at the mouth of the Peibo River. For bis services he reoeived a medal and two clasps. For years he bad been a miner on tbe West Coast and wns an old age pensioner.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXIX, Issue 8292, 22 November 1906, Page 5
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84DEATH OF A VETERAN. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXIX, Issue 8292, 22 November 1906, Page 5
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