OBITUARY
MR HAMILTON ELMSLIE Advice has been received in Geraldine of the death at Bundaberg, Australia, last Saturday, of Mr Hamilton Elmslie, elder son of Mr W. P. S. Elmslie, of Geraldine. Mr Elmslie’s death was the result of a war wound suffered on Gallipoli in the Great War. The late Mr Elmslie was born >n Mayfield in 1892 and was educated at the Geraldine School. He joined the staff of Dalgety and Company at Geraldine and left with the Main Body in 1914. On his return from the war, he rejoined Dalgety and Company and was manager of the Geraldine agency for a number of years before leaving for Queensland. Mr Elmslie was widely known and liked in the district where he came in contact with a large portion of the farming community. He leaves a wife and two children.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CLI, Issue 22203, 21 February 1942, Page 6
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141OBITUARY Timaru Herald, Volume CLI, Issue 22203, 21 February 1942, Page 6
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