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Armed Forces / Salisbury Plains
« on: Thursday 05 April 12 09:15 BST (UK)  »
Can anyone help with this photo please. It was found among my grandfather's papers. He had written on the back "Dad in camp at Salisbury Plains"

I am aware that the Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire has been used by British military for some time, but these uniforms are a mystery to me and I had not known that my great-grandfather had served in any capacity.

"Dad" was John Mitchell, born in Longton, Staffordshire, England in 1880 and died in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia in 1946. John is identified in the photo. He immigrated to Australia in 1911 and had been living in Yorkshire in 1907 (when my grandfather was born) and was married in 1905 at St Gregory's church, Longton, Staffordshire, England.

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New Zealand Completed Requests / STANLEY, William *COMPLETED*
« on: Sunday 15 August 10 00:54 BST (UK)  »
I am trying to fill in some basic details about Frederick William Stanley b.c. 1863 in Gisborne, NZ. His marriage certificate (Melbourne 1888) indicated his parents were William Stanley and Eliza Thompson. Apart from their names listed on that certificate I have not been able to find other information, although there is a William Stanley buried at Makaraka Cemetery who would be about the right age (c1837 d 1911). Any suggestions on where to start would be appreciated.

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