Surgeon-Major Henry Benjamin Hinton, born Swansea, Portsmouth, United Kingdom, 7th March 1813. On Friday, March 7, 1913, on his one hundredth birthday he was the oldest living officer in the Empire and the oldest living member of the Royal College of Surgeons. He died in 1916 at the age of 103. Surgeon-Major Henry Benjamin Hinton's story is told from his journal, written in January 1887, and newspaper clippings held by his great great grandson, Philip Bramley.
Monday, October 23, 2006
A garden not far
Our father had a nice garden, about a mile from the house - it was an acre in extent, and in it was grown every description of fruit and vegetables, common in those days. The brocoli which in Australia is generally known as cauliflower was very large, the subsoil in that neighbourhood being considered very favourable for its production, the apple trees were all dresssed as espaliers - grapes grew in profusion over the summerhouse, and the gooseberries and currants, were a great attraction to our juvenile tastes. Much of our time was employed in carrying water from the well.
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