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The Dig Tree: The Extraordinary Story of the Burke and Wills Expedition by Sarah Murgatroyd

Author:Sarah Murgatroyd , Date: September 10, 2014 ,Views: 258

The Dig Tree: The Extraordinary Story of the Burke and Wills Expedition by Sarah Murgatroyd

Author:Sarah Murgatroyd
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Tags: Australian History
ISBN: 9780747556770
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published: 2002-03-18T07:00:00+00:00


John King grew up during the years of the Great Famine in a thatched whitewashed cottage in the village of Moy, County Tyrone. To ensure he escaped a life of poverty his father (himself a soldier) enrolled him at the Royal Hibernian School, a military college in Dublin. At the age of fourteen King found himself a member of the British army. In his neat handwriting he wrote down his particulars in his regimental account book:

Height: 5 feet 1 inches

Hair: Brown

Complexion: Fresh

Eyes: Hazel

Next of kin: William and Samuel King (brothers, 70th regiment)

Date of birth: December 15th 1838



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