[Editor: A death notice, regarding Australian military personnel, published in The Age (Melbourne, Vic.), 28 July 1900. Includes one notice extracted from the “Deaths” section.]
Deaths
KING. — On the 17th July, at Hatherly, South Africa, whilst on active service, Corporal Oscar David King, youngest son of the late Joseph King (who was accidentally killed through a fall from his horse on 8th January, 1886, at Gregory Downs, Queensland), aged 22 years and 11 months. New Zealand and home papers please copy.
— Inserted by his mother, Mrs. J. Scruby, 33 Crown-street, Yarraberg, Richmond.
Source:
The Age (Melbourne, Vic.), 28 July 1900, p. 5
Editor’s notes:
The death of Corporal Oscar David King is also mentioned in the following article: “The Boer War”, The Age (Melbourne, Vic.), 20 July 1900, p. 6
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