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[[G. Strachan]] was a soldier serving with the [[North Lincolnshire Regiment of Foot]] when the Regiment was posted to the Eastern Frontier of the Cape Colony between 1860 and 1862, shortly after the Xhosa cattle-killing movement and famine (1857-1858).

The Regiment was first posted to Grahamstown but in 1862 it was transferred to Keiskama Hoek (Keiskammahoek).

[[G. Strachan]] acted in one production, during which he portrayed a man.

==Contribution to SA theatre==

'''November 12, 1862:''' Acted in the [[Amateurs of the Band]] production of John Baldwin Buckstone's two-act domestic “melo-drama”, ''[[Luke The Labourer]]''. The play is set in a village in Yorkshire. (Thomas, landlord of the King's Head).

([[North Lincoln Sphinx]], Vol 1, No 14, Keiskama Hoek, December 10, 1862, page 271.)

== Sources ==

See below posting.

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