A FIGHTING FAMILY.
Mr George Tall, who left Nelson for Trcntham on the 12th, was, prior to his departure, the recipient of a presentation from a few friends (says the Mail). Mr Tall belongs to a great fighting family. There are 14 sons in the family. Mr and Mrs Tall, sen., are residing in Dunedin. Six of the sons served in the Boer war, and there are already six serving the Empire in the present war. Mr George Tall is an old soldier, having served for 15 years with the Horse Artillery (England). He has been stationed at Cairo, Hongkong, Gibraltar, Sierra Leone, and Capetown. tie secured three stripes in the Boor war, in which he was wounded after four months’ fighting on the border of German West Africa.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3215, 27 October 1915, Page 52
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129A FIGHTING FAMILY. Otago Witness, Issue 3215, 27 October 1915, Page 52
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