✨ Volunteer Commission Appointments




THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 22nd April, 1862.

163

HIS Excellency the Governor has been
pleased to make the following appoint-
ments in the New Zealand Volunteers.

WILLIAM Fox.

"AUCKLAND" RIFLE VOLUNTEERS.

"ROYAL" COMPANY.
Francis Eastwood Campbell, to be Captain.
Date of Commission, 1st March. 1862.
John Howell, to be Lieutenant. Date of
Commission, 4th March, 1862.
Benjamin Tonks, to be Ensign. Date of
Commission, 5th March, 1862.

"CITY" COMPANY.
William Donald, to be Captain. Date of
Commission, 5th March, 1862.
James McCosh Clark, to be Lieutenant. Date
of Commission, 5th March, 1862.

"RUTLAND" COMPANY.
John Mitchell, to be Captain. Date of Com-
mission, 8th March, 1862.
George Taylor, to be Lieutenant. Date of
Commission, 3rd March, 1862.
William Brighton, to be Ensign. Date of
Commission, 1st March, 1862.

"VICTORIA" COMPANY.
Frederick Sims, to be Captain. Date of Com-
mission, 7th March, 1862.
James Derrom, to be Lieutenant. Date of
Commission, 1st March, 1862.
William D. Waddel, to be Ensign. Date of
Commission, 3rd March, 1862.

"PARNELL" COMPANY.
William Magee Hunter, to be Captain. Date
of Commission, 6th March, 1862.
Alexander Charles Phipps Macdonald, to be
Lieutenant. Date of Commission, 6th March,
1862.
Joseph Moliere Tabuteau, to be Ensign. Date
of Commission, 6th March, 1862.
James Joseph R. Dalliston, to be Surgeon.
Date of Commission, 1st March, 1862.

"AUCKLAND" NAVAL VOLUNTEERS.
Goldwin Roberts Breton, to be Captain. Date
of Commission, 4th March, 1862.
James John Fitzgibbon, to be Lieutenant.
Date of Commission, 7th March, 1862.
George Samuel Graham, to be Sub-Lieutenant.
Date of Commission, 4th March, 1862.
Lionel Fitzgerald, Cavalry Instructor, to be
Captain of Volunteers. Date of Com-
mission, 3rd March, 1862.

"TARANAKI" RIFLE VOLUNTEERS.
Isaac Newton Watt, to be Captain. Date of
Commission, 4th March, 1862.
Harry Albert Atkinson, to be Captain. Date
of Commission, 5th March, 1862.

Thomas Good, to be Lieutenant. Date of
Commission, 3rd March, 1862.
Frederic Lewis Webster, to be Lieutenant.
Date of Commission, 4th March, 1862.
Matthew Jonas, to be Ensign. Date of Com-
mission, 3rd March, 1862.
John Glasford Corbett, to be Ensign. Date
of Commission, 4th March, 1862.

"WANGANUI" RIFLE VOLUNTEERS.
David Porter, to be Captain. Date of Com-
mission, 6th March, 1862.

"NELSON" RIFLE VOLUNTEERS.
Matthew Richmond, C.B., to be Lieut.-Col.
Commanding. Date of Commission, 1st
February, 1862.

"CITY" COMPANY.
William Charles Hodgson, to be Captain. Date
of Commission, 13th March, 1862.
Edward Everett, to be Lieutenant. Date of
Commission, 13th March, 1862.
Daniel Slater, to be Ensign. Date of Com-
mission, 13th March, 1862.

MARLBOROUGH.
William Douglas Hall Baillie, (Captain Com-
mandant of Militia), to be Captain Com-
mandant of Volunteers in the Marlborough
Militia District. Date of Commission, 1st
February, 1862.

"MARLBOROUGH RANGERS" VOLUNTEERS.
William Douglas Hall Baillie, to be Captain.
Date of Commission, 21st March, 1862.

"HUTT" RIFLE VOLUNTEERS.
Hugh Cleland, to be Captain. Date of Com-
mission, 24th March, 1862.
Edward Braithwaite, to be Lieutenant. Date
of Commission, 24th March, 1862.
Thomas Mills, to be Ensign. Date of Com-
mission, 24th March, 1862.
Leonard Boor, to be Surgeon. Date of Com-
mission, 25th March, 1862.

"CANTERBURY" RIFLE
VOLUNTEERS.
Thomas Wollaston White, to be Major Com-
manding. Date of Commission, 1st Feb.,
1852.

No. 1 COMPANY.
Francis Guinness, to be Captain. Date of
Commission, 22nd March, 1862.
John Frederick Ballard, to be Lieutenant.
Date of Commission, 22nd March, 1862.
Edward Watson Tippetts, to be Ensign. Date
of Commission, 21st March, 1862.

No. 2 COMPANY.
William Thomas Locke Travers, to be Captain.
Date of Commission, 25th March, 1862.
Edward French Buttemer Harston, to be Lieu-
tenant. Date of Commission, 24th March,
1862.



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πŸ›‘οΈ Appointments in the New Zealand Volunteers across various companies

πŸ›‘οΈ Defence & Military
22 April 1862
Volunteer commissions, Auckland, Taranaki, Wanganui, Nelson, Marlborough, Hutt, Canterbury
42 names identified
  • Francis Eastwood Campbell, Appointed Captain, Royal Company
  • John Howell, Appointed Lieutenant, Royal Company
  • Benjamin Tonks, Appointed Ensign, Royal Company
  • William Donald, Appointed Captain, City Company
  • James McCosh Clark, Appointed Lieutenant, City Company
  • John Mitchell, Appointed Captain, Rutland Company
  • George Taylor, Appointed Lieutenant, Rutland Company
  • William Brighton, Appointed Ensign, Rutland Company
  • Frederick Sims, Appointed Captain, Victoria Company
  • James Derrom, Appointed Lieutenant, Victoria Company
  • William D. Waddel, Appointed Ensign, Victoria Company
  • William Magee Hunter, Appointed Captain, Parnell Company
  • Alexander Charles Phipps Macdonald, Appointed Lieutenant, Parnell Company
  • Joseph Moliere Tabuteau, Appointed Ensign, Parnell Company
  • James Joseph R. Dalliston, Appointed Surgeon, Parnell Company
  • Goldwin Roberts Breton, Appointed Captain, Naval Volunteers
  • James John Fitzgibbon, Appointed Lieutenant, Naval Volunteers
  • George Samuel Graham, Appointed Sub-Lieutenant, Naval Volunteers
  • Lionel Fitzgerald, Appointed Captain of Volunteers
  • Isaac Newton Watt, Appointed Captain, Taranaki Volunteers
  • Harry Albert Atkinson, Appointed Captain, Taranaki Volunteers
  • Thomas Good, Appointed Lieutenant, Taranaki Volunteers
  • Frederic Lewis Webster, Appointed Lieutenant, Taranaki Volunteers
  • Matthew Jonas, Appointed Ensign, Taranaki Volunteers
  • John Glasford Corbett, Appointed Ensign, Taranaki Volunteers
  • David Porter, Appointed Captain, Wanganui Volunteers
  • Matthew Richmond (C.B.), Appointed Lieut.-Col. Commanding
  • William Charles Hodgson, Appointed Captain, Nelson City Company
  • Edward Everett, Appointed Lieutenant, Nelson City Company
  • Daniel Slater, Appointed Ensign, Nelson City Company
  • William Douglas Hall Baillie, Appointed Captain Commandant of Volunteers
  • William Douglas Hall Baillie, Appointed Captain, Marlborough Rangers
  • Hugh Cleland, Appointed Captain, Hutt Volunteers
  • Edward Braithwaite, Appointed Lieutenant, Hutt Volunteers
  • Thomas Mills, Appointed Ensign, Hutt Volunteers
  • Leonard Boor, Appointed Surgeon, Hutt Volunteers
  • Thomas Wollaston White, Appointed Major Commanding
  • Francis Guinness, Appointed Captain, Canterbury No. 1 Company
  • John Frederick Ballard, Appointed Lieutenant, Canterbury No. 1 Company
  • Edward Watson Tippetts, Appointed Ensign, Canterbury No. 1 Company
  • William Thomas Locke Travers, Appointed Captain, Canterbury No. 2 Company
  • Edward French Buttemer Harston, Appointed Lieutenant, Canterbury No. 2 Company

  • WILLIAM FOX