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About Tpr. Frederick Gill
Ōpepe Incident: On the afternoon of 7 June 1869, a small party of Bay of Plenty Cavalry Volunteers, Tauranga Cavalry Volunteers and Poverty Bay Cavalry Volunteers were ambushed at Ōpepe, near Taupō (on today’s Napier-Taupō Road). The failure of Lt. Col. John Henry Herbert St. John to post sentries before standing his men down resulted in nine deaths when they were ambushed by an advance guard of Te Kooti's warriors. Five men escaped – including one who fled completely naked. The survivors took several days to reach Fort Galatea, 70km to the north-east.
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Tpr. Frederick Gill's Timeline
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1851
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North Island, New Zealand
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| 1869 |
June 7, 1869
Age 18
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Ōpepe, Waikato, North Island, New Zealand
Death Registration Number: (reg. 1869/5611). Aged 18. |
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June 7, 1869
Age 18
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Ōpepe Military Cemetery, [reinterred Mission Cemetery, Tauranga), Ōpepe, Waikato, North Island, New Zealand
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