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Name: WAY, John Hallett (Sergeant)
Birth Date: 1859 Winsham, Chard, Somerset
Death Date: 31 July 1925 Montreal, Quebec
Nationality: British
First Date: 1898
Last Date: 1900
Profession: Army farrier
Area: Uganda
Married: In Plumstead 28.6.1886 Alice Hyder Goldfinch b. 2 Dec 1866 Lucknow, India, d. 1953 Toronto
Children: Rose Ellen (Rawlins and Ellis) (1887 Plumstead-26 Oct 1967 Omemee, Ontario); Grace Beatrice (Bignell) (12 Nov 1889 Greenwich-1924 Lambeth); Alice Eva (Gillam) (10 Oct 1890 Plumstead-18 Oct 1915 Montreal); Olive Hyder (Hoerner) (9 Apr 1893 Greenwich-1914); Bruce (1907 Quebec, Canada-2002 Montreal)
Book Reference: North
General Information:
North - Appt. Farrier Sgt., UP, Aug 1898; arr. Mombasa Oct. 1898; arr. Mombasa from Uganda 24/3/1900, dep. Mombasa for Europe via Zanzibar 15/4/1900, "dismissed for intemperance" Discharged from the Army 31/7/1900
Became a chef in Montreal.