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Life Summary

Name	Sir Peter Henry Scratchley
Born	24 August, 1835 Paris, France
Died	2 December, 1885 (aged 50) at sea
Cultural Heritage	English Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.
Related Entries	[View as tree] Browne, Thomas Alexander (brother-in-law) Greene, Molesworth Richard (brother-in-law) Darley, Frederick Matthew (brother-in-law) Simpson, Helen de Guerry (niece by marriage) Mollison, Crawford Henry (nephew by marriage) Browne, Denis John Wolko (nephew by marriage)
Passenger Ship *	Ottawa (1860) (army officer)
Occupation or Descriptor *	civil engineer (1860-1863) Victoria, Australia defence forces personnel (British) (1860-1863) Victoria, Australia defence forces personnel (British) (1878-1882) New South Wales, Australia defence forces personnel (British) (1878-1882) Queensland, Australia defence forces personnel (British) (1878-1882) South Australia, Australia defence forces personnel (British) (1878-1882) Tasmania, Australia defence forces personnel (British) (1878-1882) Western Australia, Australia defence forces personnel (British) (1878-1882) Victoria, Australia military adviser (1878-1882) New South Wales, Australia military adviser (1878-1882) Victoria, Australia military adviser (1878-1882) Queensland, Australia military adviser (1878-1882) South Australia, Australia military adviser (1878-1882) Tasmania, Australia military adviser (1878-1882) Western Australia, Australia European colonial official (1885-1885) Papua New Guinea, Australia

* Dates are approximate