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William Thorne Wilmot Ching

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Photograph of G.M. Nicol (left) and Wilmot Ching (right), King Edward's Horse, Auckland Weekly News, 14 January 1915. Sir George Grey Special Collections, Auckland Libraries, AWNS-19150114-48-1. Image has no known copyright restrictions.

Photograph of G.M. Nicol (left) and Wilmot Ching (right), King Edward's Horse, Auckland Weekly News, …

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    William Thorne Wilmot AWMM
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    Ching AWMM
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    Wilmot Ching AWMM
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    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
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    • This record is a work in progress and was partially compiled from the Nominal Roll on www.kingedwardshorse.net and with the research of Pou Maumahara Volunteer, Janet Anderson. Information reproduced with permission. AWMM
    • Harper, G., Clements, C., & Johns., R. (2019). For King and Other Countries: The New Zealanders Who Fought in Other Services in the First World War. Auckland, New Zealand: Massey University Press. AWMM

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