Came to New Zealand with the 68th regiment to fight in the maori wars

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No. 368.—Petition of Charles Fincham, of New Plymouth. Praying for compensation for military services rendered as a member of the Taranaki Military Settlers.

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John Edmund Sarten had the somewhat dubious distinction of becoming the first official fatality of the Taranaki War when as a member of the mounted volunteers he died from wounds received during the as...

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Dudley Stagpoole VC DCM (1838 – 1 August 1911), born in Killunan, County Galway he was an Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the ...

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Major Charles Heaphy VC (1821 – 3 August 1881) was a New Zealand explorer and a recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious military award for gallantry in the face of the enemy t...

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British Victoria Cross War Medal Recipient. He served as a Ensign in The 57th Regiment, Middlesex Regiment. He was awarded his medal for service at Pontoko, New Zealand, on October 2, 1863.

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On tho 20th, Ephraim Coad, an old settler, while proceeding from the wreck towards town, was shot dead on the beach near the mouth of the Henui by an ambuscade. At this time there was continuous skirmi...

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Edward was sworn in as a Sergeant of the Taranaki Militia in 1855 and fought in the Battle of Waireka.

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Arrived on the William Bryan 1841. Paul Inch served in the Land Wars and was wounded in the breast at the battle of Waireka. Paul Inch, who arrived in Taranaki with Mr Chilman in the William Bryan ...

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Te Rangihaeata ? - 1855 Ngati Toa leader, warrior Te Rangihaeata, born probably in the 1780s in the Kawhia district, was a leader of Ngati Toa. His hapu included Ngati Kimihia to which he was kin...

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Henry Despard, who commanded British forces in the northern war in New Zealand in the 1840s, was born probably in 1784 or 1785. His military family had Huguenot and Irish connections. His father was Ca...

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Te Rauparaha was the son of Werawera, of Ngati Toa, and his second wife, Parekowhatu (Parekohatu), of Ngati Raukawa. He is said to have been a boy when Captain James Cook was in New Zealand. If so, it ...

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Captain Arthur Wakefield (19 November 1799 – 17 June 1843) was the second brother of Edward Gibbon Wakefield, founder of the New Zealand Company.

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Te Ruki Kawiti (1770s–1854) was a prominent Māori rangatira (chief). He and Hone Heke successfully fought the British in the Flagstaff War in 1845–46. Descended from Nukutawhiti and Rāhiri, he was bo...

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Gustavus von Tempsky From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Major Gustavus Ferdinand von Tempsky (15 February 1828 - 7 September 1868) was a Prussian adventurer, artist, newspaper correspondent and ...

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On November 10, 1868, Te Kooti and his followers attacked the township of Matawhero on the outskirts of Gisborne. Some 54 people were slaughtered, including women and children. The dead included 22 loc...

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Rewi Manga Maniapoto (1807–1894) was a Ngāti Maniapoto chief who led rebel Kingitanga forces during the New Zealand government Invasion of Waikato during the New Zealand Wars.

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Nene was born probably in the 1780s. He was the second son of Tapua, leader and tohunga of Ngati Hao of Hokianga, and the younger brother of Patuone, the inheritor of their father's mana. By descent an...

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Hone Heke Hone Wiremu Heke Pokai (1807? - August 6, 1850) was a Māori rangatira (chief) and war leader in Northern New Zealand. He is considered the principal instigator of the Flagstaff War. Born ...

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Sir George Grey, KCB (14 April 1812 – 19 September 1898) was a soldier, explorer, Governor of South Australia, twice Governor of New Zealand, Governor of Cape Colony (South Africa), the 11th Premier ...

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General Sir Duncan Alexander Cameron GCB (20 May 1808 – 8 June 1888) was the Commander of the British Imperial Forces stationed in New Zealand during the middle phase of the New Zealand Land Wars. ...

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