A COLONIAL HERO
SOME THOUGHT OF A SORROWING MOTHER.
[By Telegraph—Press Association.] Nelson, last night,
Gunner Sidney Harford, formerly of tho Nelson Navals, joined the British navy, and his time expiring just as the war in South Africa commenced, lie joined the Natal Navals, and went through the fighting in Natal. Subsequently he died of enteric fever. The Natal Government has now sent to his mother, Mrs Harford, of Nelson, a gratuity of £ls, as well as her late son’s full pay from October 16th to March 31st, and has also intimated that she has been granted a life annuity of £35. Deceased’s effects, including the late Queen’s gift of chocolate, are being forwarded to Mrs Harford.
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Gisborne Times, Volume V, Issue 98, 4 May 1901, Page 2
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