Death of Boer War veteran
PA * Blenheim One of the few surviving veterans of the South African War, Mr Richard Allan.
died at his Blenheim home at , the week-end. He was in his The secretary of the South | African War Veterans’ Asso-1 ciation Mr R. A. Rogers').; of Hamilton, said onlv four veterans remained on the association's register. Al-, though the association had been in recess for about a year, it still kept in touch Mr Allan farmed in South Canterbury before he joined the sixth contingent of the i New Zealand Mounted Rifles' et the age of 20. On his re-| turn from South Africa he) joined the police and served for 34 years in Charleston.) He retired in 1942 and about ?0 years ago moved to Blen- b heim. 1
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Press, 28 August 1979, Page 2
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