New Zealand Gazette – 1863 – No. 11

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✨ Military Deserters List

REPORT OF DESERTIONS FROM HER MAJESTY'S FORCES SERVING IN NEW ZEALAND (Continued.)
65TH REGIMENT.

Number, Rank, and Name.	Age.		Size.		Color of			Date of	Place of	Date of	At what	Parish and	Marks.	Trade.	Coat or Jacket.	Trousers.	Remarks.
	Years.	Months.	Feet.	Inches.	Com- plexion.	Hair.	Eyes.	Desertion.	Desertion.	Enlistment.	Place Enlisted.	County in which born.
58 2040, Private Geo. Gibson.				Not known				1262 2nd Dec., 1862	Pokeno, N.Z., G. S. Road								Not known.
251, do. Joshua White	28	4	5	5¼	Dark Dark	Grey	Brown	2nd Dec., 1862	Pokeno, N.Z., G. S. Road	28th July, 1859	Hull	Stonehouse Devon	None	Labourer		Not known
49, do. John Delvin	22	7	5	6¼	Fresh	Brown	Hazel	15th Dec., 1862	Pokeno, N.Z., G. S. Road	7th May, 1858	Not known	Armagh	do.	Weaver		Not known
3452, do. James Clary	26	0	5	5	Fresh	Brown	Blue	15th Dec., 1862	Pokeno, N.Z., G. S. Road	4th Jan., 1855	Liverpool	Cashel, Tip- perary	do.	Bootmaker		Not known
3792, do. Richard Welsh	28	4	5	8¼	Fresh	Brown	Grey	21st Jan., 1863	Pokeno, N.Z., G. S. Road	1st July, 1862	Liverpool	St. Mary's, Limerick	do.	Shoemaker	Blue Serge
2641, do. Walter Quin	34	5	5	6¼	Fresh	Brown	Grey	21st Jan., 1863	Pokeno, N.Z., G. S. Road	1st Feb., 1847	Clonmel	Draugan, Tip- perary	do.	Labourer		Ditto.

G. F. MURRAY, Lieut.-Colonel,

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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

VUW Te Waharoa — NZ Gazette 1863, No 11

Parliament sat at General Assembly House (nicknamed the 'Shedifice') in Auckland from 1854-1864, sharing the building with the Auckland Provincial Council.

Ironically the Upper House met on the lower story, and the Lower House on the upper story.

✨ LLM interpretation of page content

🛡️ Continuation of Report of Deserters from Her Majesty's Forces (65th Regiment) (continued from previous page)

Domain🛡️ Defence & Military
KeywordsMilitary deserters, 65th Regiment, Personnel records, Table, Pokeno, Enlistment details
👱🏽 Names

6 names identified

Geo. Gibson, Listed as deserter (No. 58 2040)
Joshua White, Listed as deserter (No. 251)
John Delvin, Listed as deserter (No. 49)
James Clary, Listed as deserter (No. 3452)
Richard Welsh, Listed as deserter (No. 3792)
Walter Quin, Listed as deserter (No. 2641)

👩‍💼 Officials

G. F. Murray, Lieut.-Colonel

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