PRIVATE TOM MOCKFORD, a 66-year-old Dunedin veteran, who was described in a recent cable message as " probably the oldest ranker in the British Empire." He served with the Mounted Rifles in the Boer War, while, giving his age as 38, he left New \ Zealand in 1940 with the Fourth Reinforcements. Repatriated recently, he is expected to arrive in Dunedin shortly.
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Evening Star, Issue 25394, 27 January 1945, Page 8
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60PRIVATE TOM MOCKFORD, a 66-year-old Dunedin veteran, who was described in a recent cable message as " probably the oldest ranker in the British Empire." He served with the Mounted Rifles in the Boer War, while, giving his age as 38, he left New \Zealand in 1940 with the Fourth Reinforcements. Repatriated recently, he is expected to arrive in Dunedin shortly. Evening Star, Issue 25394, 27 January 1945, Page 8
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