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- THE FIFTH CONTINGENT
THE MEN IN CAMP.ENROLLMENT COMPLETED. NAMES OF THE MEN.
With the men who went into camp at Karrakatta on Saturday, the full complement was made up, and at the drill which will be held this morning there will be 200 of the rank and file on parade for the first time. There are now 216 horses at Karrakatta, so that only about 24 more will have to be obtained.
The Commandant was expected in camp on Saturday, but he will not go in until today. The officers, both commissioned and non commissioned, have not yet been appointed , but it is anticipated that they will be selected very shortly. General work was done on Saturday, and an improvement is noticeable every day.
While at work one of the men was rather badly hurt, and he will occupy the hospital quarters for a day or two. Otherwise, every thing went off satisfactorily.
The following is the list of men of the rank and file who have been selected for the Fifth Contingent (the town, country, or State first mentioned is that in which the man named was born, while the second locality mentioned is the place in which he enlisted for service) :
107 John Henry Hayden, 28 years, York, farmer, Geraldton. Two years Geraldton Rifles.
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- Death Of Mr. John Hayden
The death occurred at the Carnarvon hospital on Tuesday night of Mr.John Hayden, who was well known in the Gascoyne district, having been employed on various stations for many years.
Mr. Hayden, who was an uncle of Messrs. W. and N. Thomas, of Carnarvon, was a member of an old Geraldton family, his father having been one of the early members of the police force to be stationed at that town.
For a number of years deceased worked on Bidgemia station with the late Mr. W. Cream, with whom he later went to work at Cobra station. Later he worked at Doorawarrah station, then Mt. James, and again returned to Doorawarrah, and finally to Brickhouse,where he was for some time at Boodalya outcamp.
He was taken ill last October, and had been in poor health since then, becoming worse during the month before his removal to hospital. The late Mr. Hayden, who was 65 years of age when he died, was a South African war veteran.
One sister, Mrs. Harris, of Subiaco, survives him. The funeral took place on Wednesday afternoon the remains of deceased being laid to rest in the Anglican portion of the Carnarvon cemetery, the Rev. B. Eden officiating [2]
Boer War Records
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1872 - 1937 (65 years)
