Veteran Soldier’s Death
Une of the few survivors of the Zulu war, Mr. Frederick William Ashby, of Eltham, England, has died, aged 80. Mr. Ahby, when 58, volunteered for service in the Great War, and served in an. English coast battery. Mr. Ashby saw the dramatic end to the Zulu war, when in 1879 King Cetewayo took refuge in a cave and was smoked out. by the troops. He had his five wives and children with him. Two opposing forces in China have not done any actual lighting for over three mouths. Apparently there i- sumo dispute about tin- talkie rights.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 205, 2 September 1935, Page 10
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