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I wonder whether this is him:

• 23 January 1893 in The Sydney Morning Herald: THE FRIENDS of the late Major ALFRED WILLIAM EAST are kindly informed that his Funeral will leave Newtown station THIS (Monday) AFTERNOON, for Necropolis. Friends kindly meet at Mortuary Station. Redfern, at 2.20 p.m. BOOTS and GOMMESON, Undertakers, 163 King-street, Newtown.
• 25 January 1893 in The Sydney Morning Herald: EAST.-January 22, at Prince Alfred Hospital, Alfred William East, late Major New South Wales Reserves, in the 65th year of his age.

Thus born circa 1828. Schwede 66 17:26, 16 December 2016 (UTC) reply