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Show RETIRED CANADIAN STATESMAN IS DEAD OTTAWA, Ont. Jan. 6 Sir Frederick William Borden, who was minister of ! militia and defense in the Laurier administration ad-ministration from its formation in IS 98 until its defeat at the general election : in -1911, is dead, according to a dis-: dis-: patch received here today from Canning, ! N. S. : Sir Frederick, a physician by profes-j profes-j sioo, served as an army surgeon and i was credited with efficient organiza-I organiza-I tion of the Canadian troops which fought in South Africa, where his son. Lieutenant Harold L. Borden, was killed in action. Sir Frederick was born in Coruwallis, N. S-, in 1S47. |