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Re: Completed- identity/analysis please - natal police and rifle association 1912
« Reply #18 on: Saturday 06 April 13 16:44 BST (UK) »
Hi
thanks for that interesting info. My relative is 2nd from the left , back row in second photo. He is Robert Irving Johnston , Detective Head Constable  and finger print expert. He formed the Natal Police shooting team in 1910 according to a retiral article in a newspaper. I have a copy of the newspaper article and an address to a leaving colleague which many of his colleagues signed however not the name you mention. His wife was Daisy Baines , Prima Donna and actress.

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