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==Jockeys==
This India List [http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/INDIA/2011-02/1297545190 post] is about an Australian jockey in Calcutta . Page 19 of this [http://www.scribd.com/doc/7189569/Kolkata-Sports-Heritage link]<ref> [http://www.scribd.com/doc/7189569/Kolkata-Sports-Heritage Kolkata Sports Heritage], page 19 Scribd.com</ref> states that prior to World War 2, most jockeys racing in Calcutta, the principal course in India, were Australians or Britons.
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.
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