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Henry Gurney
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “british high commissioner in malaya”. Today it says “british colonial administrator who served in various posts throughout the british empire”. On 6 October 1951 , he was killed after his motorcade was ambushed by Communist guerillas.. Today: the act is described with no actor named.
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Henry Palin Gurney . Sir Henry Lovell Goldsworthy Gurney KCMG KStJ (27 June 1898 – 6 October 1951) was a British colonial administrator who served in various posts throughout the British Empire . Gurney was killed by communist insurgents during the Malayan Emergency , while serving as high commissioner in the Federation of Malaya .
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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “british high commissioner in malaya”. Today it says “british colonial administrator who served in various posts throughout the british empire”. On 6 October 1951 , he was killed after his motorcade was ambushed by Communist guerillas.. Today: the act is described with no actor named. Read the current article and compare.
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british high commissioner in malaya
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british colonial administrator who served in various posts throughout the british empire
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