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This India List [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/INDIA/2011-02/1298847407 post] mentions an Australian jockey who was in India 1918-1949, who was amember of a platoon of jockeys in the Poona Rifles, a Volunteer Regiment, during World War 2.
==Soldiers==
This Rootsweb Australia Message Board [http://boards.ancestry.co.uk/localities.oceania.australia.general/4184/mb.ashx?pnt=1 2004 post] is called “Chelsea Pensioners - soldiers with an Australian connection”. It includes details of two men who were born in Australia and served in the Madras Artillery. They probably joined British Army regiments in Australia, subsequently served in India and transferred to the Madras Artillery in India.
*WO 97/1209/78 James Delanty Born Sydney, Australia Served in Madras Artillery Discharged aged [Not Known] Covering date gives year of enlistment 1845
*WO 97/1209/173 Joseph Purdy Born Hobart Town, Australia Served in Madras Artillery Discharged aged [Not Known] Covering date gives year of enlistment 1847
==Orphans==
