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Son of Edward John INGERSOLE and Caroline nee MILLGATE
Of Highland Home, Kelso near Bathurst, NSW

There passed away on Tuesday last in Sydney, where he had been ill for some months past, Mr. Hilton Sydney Ingersole, a son-in-law of Mr. and Mrs. J.W. Goodworth, of Scone, and whose wife predeceased him by a number of years. The late Mr. Ingersole, who was an excellent type of Australian, tall and of fine physique, made periodical visits to Scone, where he had no difficulty in seeking out friends of earlier days. A native of Bathurst and 55 years of age, he was a son of Mrs. Ingersole, and the late Mr. E. (Ned) Ingersole, who for many years was closely as sociated in not a few ways with the thoroughbred industry of the western districts. It was he who was entrusted to deliver Duke of Athol, a costly importation, to the Bylong Valley, only for rustlers to lift and spirit away. It was the last ever seen of the magnificent horse. That would be in the late 70's. The remains of a horse were subsequently discovered in the rough country near Wybong, in this district; but old hands still aver that the real Duke of Athol found his way to Queensland. The late Mr. Ingersole, like his pere, was a student of the thoroughbred, and for years was manager of 'Kingsfield' Stud, in the Scone district, for Messrs. Brien. When he dissociated himself  with the industry, he entered service in the Railway Department, and remained continuously in the Eveleigh Work shops till the end. The deceased, who was a soldier and a man in every sense of the term, was in Great War I, where he won non-commissioned rank, and for no short period was despatch rider to Lieut.-Colonel D. Cameron, D.S.O. (and Bar), the tall and popular Rouchelite, and by whom he was held in the highest regard as a trustworthy, able and fearless non-commissioned officer. The friend ship cemented between the two lasted, and has now been broken by the untimely and lamented passing of the junior member of the comradeship. A daughter (Joan) survives, as also do four brothers and two daughters. The funeral took place to the Rookwood Crematorium on Wednesday.