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Alfred BARTON [c.1864-1885]

Status: 
Deceased
Sex: 
Male
Names
Family: 
Barton
Given: 
Alfred
Birth
Date: 
c.1864-01-01 (Year is approximate)
Death
Date: 
1885-07-15
Cause of death: 
Cholera

"Two more deaths occurred among the military under canvas at Kowloon yesterday from choleraic diarrhoea. One of the men, Bombadier (sic) Barton, of the Lancashire divison of Royal Artillery, was taken ill at 6 in the morning and died at 11. The other victim, Rogers, a private in the Buffs, was attacked at about 8 a.m, and died at 1 p.m. It is only just a fortnight since the camp at Kowloon was established and five deaths have occurred in that short period amongst the men quartered there.

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