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THE LATE ALLEN IJAIGH. Another of the grand old hand of pioneers, in the person of Allen Haigh, passed the ‘’Great Divide” at an early hour this morning at the residence of his daughter, Mrs C. Sexton, Cobden. He only lately came to Grey mouth from Nobles, of which latter district he had been a resident for close on fifty yearn A native of Ellen, County of Yorkshire, he left England to take part in the suppression of the Indian Mutiny, and was one of the defenders of Lucknow, un. der Sir Colin Campbell, in 1857-18a8 alnd held the double clasp and medal of the Eighty-Fourth’ Regiment. Leaving India, for New Zealand with the Imperial troops, he saw further service in the Maori wars and was at Gate Fah and Tauranga Pah engagements. for which he gained the Maori War medal. The deceased, who had reached the age of 79 years', leaves a widow and one daughter (Mrs C. Sexy ton) to mourn his loss and to whom we offer our sincere sympathy in their gad bereavement,
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Greymouth Evening Star, 15 May 1917, Page 5
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