invested as a Companion, Order of the Bath (C.B.).
He held the office of Keeper of the Crown Jewels.
The AGE Newspaper 24 August 1863
VOLUNTEERS FOR THE NEW ZEALAND WAR
Colonel George Dean Pitt,- who ...
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4/20/2024
invested as a Companion, Order of the Bath (C.B.).
He held the office of Keeper of the Crown Jewels.
The AGE Newspaper 24 August 1863
VOLUNTEERS FOR THE NEW ZEALAND WAR
Colonel George Dean Pitt,- who ...
4/20/2024
That is a lovely and romantic story, but unfortunately not entirely accurate. With no wish to offend anyone, and also being a descendant of Te Auetu myself, some of the facts are: that the battle of Ga...
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2/15/2024
That is a lovely and romantic story, but unfortunately not entirely accurate. With no wish to offend anyone, and also being a descendant of Te Auetu myself, some of the facts are: that the battle of Ga...
2/15/2024
Member of D Battery, Royal Artillery, and arrived in Auckland in 1858, moving to Wanganui two years later to reside.
BURIAL:- Heads Road Old Catholic Cemetery, Wanganui, Wanganui District, Manawatu-Wan...
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2/7/2024
Member of D Battery, Royal Artillery, and arrived in Auckland in 1858, moving to Wanganui two years later to reside.
BURIAL:- Heads Road Old Catholic Cemetery, Wanganui, Wanganui District, Manawatu-Wan...
2/7/2024
50th (Queen's Own) Regiment & 65th Regiment of Foot.
Sources
Porirua War Stories
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2/7/2024
50th (Queen's Own) Regiment & 65th Regiment of Foot.
Sources
Porirua War Stories
2/7/2024
Details below from the photograph from Whanganui Regional Museum
Accession No 1802.3942
Name/Title PHOTOGRAPH, CARTE DE VISITE; John Toole
Brief Description This sepia-toned carte de visite photograp...
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1/17/2024
Details below from the photograph from Whanganui Regional Museum
Accession No 1802.3942
Name/Title PHOTOGRAPH, CARTE DE VISITE; John Toole
Brief Description This sepia-toned carte de visite photograp...
1/17/2024
Land War Veteran, Sergeant in the Taranaki Rifle Volunteers, fought at Waireka 28/3/1860, Mahoetahi 6/11/1860.
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12/28/2023
Land War Veteran, Sergeant in the Taranaki Rifle Volunteers, fought at Waireka 28/3/1860, Mahoetahi 6/11/1860.
12/28/2023
Obituary MR OWEN MURPHY
An old settler in the person of Mr Owen Murphy passed quietly away at 5 o'clock this morning at the age of 75 years. The deceased (an old soldier) had been ailing for some time...
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9/14/2023
Obituary MR OWEN MURPHY
An old settler in the person of Mr Owen Murphy passed quietly away at 5 o'clock this morning at the age of 75 years. The deceased (an old soldier) had been ailing for some time...
9/14/2023
August Fredrik Hjalmar af Klintberg, born September 8, 1835 in Fasterna, Stockholm county, died December 1, 1912 in Stockholm, was a Swedish naval officer. He was employed on merchant ships in 1856–185...
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8/28/2023
August Fredrik Hjalmar af Klintberg, born September 8, 1835 in Fasterna, Stockholm county, died December 1, 1912 in Stockholm, was a Swedish naval officer. He was employed on merchant ships in 1856–185...
8/28/2023
Captain George Graham Duff fought at Gate Pa in the New Zealand Wars; stationed on ship 'Curacoa'.
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8/28/2023
Captain George Graham Duff fought at Gate Pa in the New Zealand Wars; stationed on ship 'Curacoa'.
8/28/2023
First-hand information as remembered by Rhys Jones
Matthew grew up in Brookend, a street close to Mill Lane where his cousin James Jones lived. In 1853 at the age of 13 Matthew sailed to New Zealand o...
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8/24/2023
First-hand information as remembered by Rhys Jones
Matthew grew up in Brookend, a street close to Mill Lane where his cousin James Jones lived. In 1853 at the age of 13 Matthew sailed to New Zealand o...
8/24/2023
Present at both the Battle of Gate Pa | Pukehinahina & Battle of Te Ranga.
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8/19/2023
Present at both the Battle of Gate Pa | Pukehinahina & Battle of Te Ranga.
8/19/2023
Evening Post 24 January 1912
The death is recorded of Mr. Thomas Mace, of Koru, Taranaki, a very old resident of the district. He came out with his parents in the barque St. Michael, direct from Londo...
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8/5/2023
Evening Post 24 January 1912
The death is recorded of Mr. Thomas Mace, of Koru, Taranaki, a very old resident of the district. He came out with his parents in the barque St. Michael, direct from Londo...
8/5/2023
"Dr O'Connell is very popular amongst both civil and military at Maketu. He has been very successful with those who were wounded, being constantly at their side ready to ease if possible any sensation ...
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8/3/2023
"Dr O'Connell is very popular amongst both civil and military at Maketu. He has been very successful with those who were wounded, being constantly at their side ready to ease if possible any sensation ...
8/3/2023
OBITUARY. Mr. T. S. Horn. News has been received by cablegram of the death, in England, on March 19, of Thomas Sutherland Horn, brother of Mr W. A. Horn, formerly of Adelaide. The deceased, during his ...
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8/3/2023
OBITUARY. Mr. T. S. Horn. News has been received by cablegram of the death, in England, on March 19, of Thomas Sutherland Horn, brother of Mr W. A. Horn, formerly of Adelaide. The deceased, during his ...
8/3/2023
Hawkes Bay Times 4 February 1869
Man Missing at Wairoa.—We learn by the Muriwai that a man named John Gemmell, better known as " Scotch Jock," has been missing for some time, and it is feared he has b...
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6/23/2023
Hawkes Bay Times 4 February 1869
Man Missing at Wairoa.—We learn by the Muriwai that a man named John Gemmell, better known as " Scotch Jock," has been missing for some time, and it is feared he has b...
6/23/2023
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6/15/2023
Youngster survived tomahawk attack - July 1863
In a graveyard somewhere near Kaipaki, between Cambridge and Te Awamutu, there was a headstone marked Joseph Coates Wallis 1849-1933.
Joe Wallis was born...
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6/5/2023
Youngster survived tomahawk attack - July 1863
In a graveyard somewhere near Kaipaki, between Cambridge and Te Awamutu, there was a headstone marked Joseph Coates Wallis 1849-1933.
Joe Wallis was born...
6/5/2023
1851 England Census
Name Walter Kelsall
Age 18
Estimated Birth Year abt 1833
Relation Soldier
Gender Male
Where born Dickenfield, Cheshire, England [Dukinfield Cheshire ]
Civil parish Woolwich
Town Gre...
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5/10/2023
1851 England Census
Name Walter Kelsall
Age 18
Estimated Birth Year abt 1833
Relation Soldier
Gender Male
Where born Dickenfield, Cheshire, England [Dukinfield Cheshire ]
Civil parish Woolwich
Town Gre...
5/10/2023
UK, Royal Hospital Chelsea Pensioner Admissions and Discharges, 1715-1925
Name: Abbott Thrift
Pension Admission or Examination Age: 26
Birth Year: abt 1839
Birth Place: Surrey
Pension Admission or Exam...
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5/9/2023
UK, Royal Hospital Chelsea Pensioner Admissions and Discharges, 1715-1925
Name: Abbott Thrift
Pension Admission or Examination Age: 26
Birth Year: abt 1839
Birth Place: Surrey
Pension Admission or Exam...
5/9/2023
Colonel Marmaduke George Nixon [New Zealand Wars]: In May 1863 the Colonial Defence Force Cavalry was formed, with two troops from the Auckland district [New Zealand]; Nixon became its commandant in Ju...
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3/25/2023
Colonel Marmaduke George Nixon [New Zealand Wars]: In May 1863 the Colonial Defence Force Cavalry was formed, with two troops from the Auckland district [New Zealand]; Nixon became its commandant in Ju...
3/25/2023
