Trafford

Born during the June quarter 1880 in the Bolton R.D. - ref: 8c/327, the son
of Mark William & Martha Hines (nee Marshall).  Born in the Parish of St.
Margarets, Bolton.

1881 Census - 151 Lorne Street, Farnworth, Lancashire.   Son - aged: 1 year
- born: Farnworth, Lancashire.    Head of household - Mark William Hines -
Married - aged: 30 - occ: Gardener (Domestic Servant) - born: Woodford,
Northamptonshire.    Also - Martha Hines - Wife - aged: 30 - born:
Cuddington, Northamptonshire.   Plus 2 siblings.

1891 Census - 54 Davyhulme Road, Barton on Irwell.   Son - aged: 11 -
Scholar - born: Farnworth, Lancashire.   Head of household - Mark William
Hines - Married - aged: 41 - occ: Gardener - born: Woodford,
Northamptonshire.    Also - Martha Hines - Wife - aged: 40 - born:
Cuddington, Northamptonshire.   Plus 5 siblings.

By 1901 his parents and 3 siblings are residing at 14, Brook Road,
Flixton.

WO 96/62/321 - He attested on the 22nd January 1900 and embarked for South
Africa on the 28th April 1900.    He was 5ft 4 7/8th inches high, weighed
112 lb, he had a fresh complexion, grey eyes and light brown hair.    He
was aged, 19 years 10 months whe he enlisted, his religion given as Church
of England.   He was employed as a Barman for a Mr. Murthwaite, the
landlord of the Prince Albert Public House at Fleetwood, though he states
that his address was 56 Davyhulme Road, Urmston.

A John H. Murthwaite, aged: 36 was listed on the 1901 census return for 10
East Street, Fleetwood as a Hotel Keeper.

Died of Enteric at Naaupoort Hospital.

Commemorated on his sister's gravestone in St. Michael's Churchyard,
Flixton.   She died in 1902 - aged: 12.

The Naaupoort cemetery is located on the western outskirts of the town.
(All the military burials were exhumed from near the railway station and
reinterred in the town's cemetery). His name also appears on a panel
located in the Naaupoort Museum (a church that was built by British
soldiers in 1901 and converted into a museum) situated opposite the
municipal offices.     To obtain the key to the museum go to the grocers
shop across the road from it.