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unusual facts about Henry Chester


Henry Chester

Chester died in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, on 3 October 1914; he was survived by two of his three sons.



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Territory of Papua

In 1883 Sir Thomas McIlwraith, the Premier of Queensland, ordered Henry Chester (1832–1914), the Police Magistrate on Thursday Island to proceed to Port Moresby and annex New Guinea and adjacent islands in the name of the British government.