HUNDRED YEARS OLD.
inmate of infirmary, SERVED IN ROYAL ENGINEERS. ALL FACULTIES RETAINED. An inmate of tho Auckland Infirmary has reached tho age of 100. He entered the homo last June, and has been confined to his bod ever since. The old man has retained all his faculties, and ho can hear, see, and talk with ease. His memory is a little uncertain, and strange to say, he can recall events in tine early stages of his life better than he can recent happenings, Naturally he is physically weak, but he states ho feels as well as ever. He was born in England in 1825, ten years after the Battle of Water- 1 100, and in the reign of George IV. Little of the old man's early life is known, but he once belonged to the Royal Engineers. He has been in New Zealand for 62 years, and in the early days fought in the Maori Wars as a member of the irregular troops. Later he worked at gum digging and other occupations. For 10 or 15 years before entering the Infirmary ho resided in the Henderson district.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 18947, 19 February 1925, Page 8
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188HUNDRED YEARS OLD. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 18947, 19 February 1925, Page 8
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