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About John Pearce
Bushman
Certificate (Copy of origional). 58 Regiment. This is to certify that No.1393 Private John Pearce, born in the parish of Stonehouse in the county of Gloucester was enlisted at Gloucester for the 58 Regiment on the 26th November 1840 at the age of 18 years and 2 months, that he has served in the army for 12 years and 94 days. That he is discharged at his own request with a gratuity of 6 months pay (£9 - 2 - 6) for the purpose of settling in the colony.
G H Wynyard
Commanding Officer Dated at Auckland, New Zealand 28 Feb 1853. Character leaving the Army. Good / Good conduct Badge.
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The 58 (Rutlandshire) Regiment of Foot.
Deployment in Sydney and New Zealand. The 58th Regiment commenced embarking for New South Wales by detachments, acting as convict guards in 1843. The headquarters, under Major Bridge, sailed for Sydney in May 1844, and after being stationed a few months at Parramatta, were ordered to proceed at a moment's notice to New Zealand early in 1845, in consequence of certain of the tribes in the northern district having risen in arms against the British authority, destroying the European settlement at Korveorika, and obliging the inhabitants to for safety to Auckland, the capital. After various engagements, with heavy loss in proportion to the numbers engaged (amounting in killed and wounded to one-fourth of the regiment), it under went considerable hardships from the unprepared state in which the troops were compiled to take the field. The insurrection was finally suppressed by the assault and capture of Kawiti Pah, or stockade, on the 11th of January, 1846, when the regiment was commanded by Colonel Wynyard, and for which services he received ten Companionship of the Bath. The regiment retuned to New South Wales in 1846 at close of the insurrection, and was again in 1847, ordered to New Zealand where it remained until its embarcation for England.
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John Pearce's Timeline
| 1822 |
September 1822
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Stonehouse, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom
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| 1857 |
January 7, 1857
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Kakamatua, Cornwallis, Auckland, New Zealand
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| 1858 |
May 19, 1858
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Parau, Auckland, New Zealand
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| 1859 |
September 22, 1859
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Big Muddy Creek, Nr. Parau, Auckland, New Zealand
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September 22, 1859
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Big Muddy Creek, Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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| 1861 |
January 31, 1861
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Big Muddy Creek, Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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| 1863 |
January 6, 1863
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Big Muddy creek, Auckland, Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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| 1865 |
September 27, 1865
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Big Muddy Creek, Auckland, New Zealand
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