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Henry Parke Airey

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98: 86: 40: 239:, and pensioned by the Government of India. In further recognition of his brilliant services in Burma, he was, in June 1887, appointed a brevet-major in the New South Wales forces by Lord Carrington, then Governor of that colony. 453: 468: 463: 483: 478: 243: 182: 163: 493: 473: 296: 498: 297:"Entry to the military, medical and nursing services of the East India Company's Army (1753–1861) and the Indian Army — Airey, Henry Parke" 488: 458: 242:
Airey served as a colonel in the artillery in the Sudan, and as a lieutenant colonel during the Boer War where he was appointed a
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in 1886 and 1887, and having behaved with great gallantry and been severely wounded, was created a Companion of the
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in 1888—and reputedly became the first Australian soldier to be so decorated—was
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Airey married Florence Ada McCulloch, daughter of A. H. McCulloch, in 1868, in
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with the colonial contingent, receiving a medal, with clasp, for the
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Airey was of the New South Wales Artillery, was formerly in the
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Airey, the son of Captain Henry Cookson Airey of the
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Australian military personnel of the Second Boer War
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Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George
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Henry Airay

Yorkshire
Transvaal
United Kingdom
Australia
British Army
New South Wales Artillery
Colonel
Mahdist War
Second Boer War
Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George
Distinguished Service Order
Mentioned in dispatches
CMG
DSO
soldier
East India Company
Yorkshire
Marlborough
East India Company College
101st Foot
Sudan Campaign
advance on Tamai
Burma
Distinguished Service Order
mentioned in dispatches
Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George
Sydney
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