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Frederick Langloh Donkin

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    Frederick Langloh AWMM
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    Donkin AWMM
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    Male AWMM
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    1880 AWMM Canterbury, New Zealand AWMM
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    WW1 Canterbury AWMM
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    WW1 Sheep farmer/Civilian AWMM
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  • Educated at Christ's College, Christchurch.

    Accidents and Fatalities. Otago Daily Times, Issue 19671, 24 December 1925, Page 10.

    SOLDIER SETTLER KILLED. (Per United Press Association.) BLENHEIM, December 23. Frederick Langloh Donkin, aged 45 years, a married man, was killed at noon yesterday through his motor lorry running back over the edge of a road near Picton. The vehicle fell 20ft into a gully. The man was pinned underneath the lorry, and was not discovered till late in the afternoon, when he was quite dead. Deceased was an ex-major of the Royal Field Artillery, and served in the South African War and the Great War. He was a soldier settler. He leaves a widow and son aged 11 years in England. AWMM
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    22 December 1925 AWMM
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