✨ Militia Appointments List
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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
John Carey, to be Assistant Surgeon, date
of commission, 23rd July, 1863.
Captain G. M. Picken, to be Adjutant, date
of commission, 20th July, 1863.
Thomas William Doonin, to be Quarter-
master, date of commission, 27th July,
1863.
Third Battalion Auckland Militia.
Oswald Pilling, to be Captain, date of com-
mission, 30th July, 1863.
Albert Harley Storey, to be Lieutenant,
date of commission, 22nd July, 1863.
Edward Studley Lewis, to be Lieutenant,
date of commission, 24th July, 1863.
John Stables, to be Ensign, date of com-
mission, 23rd July, 1863.
Joseph Edward Hickson, to be Ensign, date
of commission, 24th July, 1863.
Henry Walter Vercoe, to be Ensign, date
of commission, 25th July, 1863.
-. Hamlin, to be Ensign, date of commis-
sion, 27th July, 1863.
Lewes Rye, to be Ensign, date of commis-
sion, 29th July, 1863.
Clement Hooper, to be Assistant Surgeon,
date of commission, 24th July, 1863.
In the New Zealand Militia.
Charles Chamberlain, to be Captain (un-
attached), date of commission, 23rd
July, 1863.
In the Taranaki Militia.
Lieutenant William Bazire Messenger, to
be Captain, date of commission, 27th
July, 1863.
Ensign Francis Joseph Mace, to be Lieute-
nant, date of commission, 27th July,
1863.
Garland Watson Woon, to be Ensign, date
of commission, 27th July, 1863.
In the Wanganui Militia.
Henry Peake, to be Lieutenant, date of
commission, 27th July, 1863.
Wilmot Powell, to be Ensign, date of com-
mission, 27th July, 1863.
In the Royal Cavalry Volunteers.
Captain Lionel FitzGerald, to be Instructor,
date of Commission, 22nd July, 1863.
In the "Auckland Troop" Royal Cavalry
Volunteers.
Henry Hardington, to be Lieutenant, date
of Commission, 24th July, 1863.
Stannus Jones, to be Cornet, date of com-
mission, 24th July, 1863.
In the "Auckland Rifle Volunteers."
George Rayner, to be Assistant Surgeon,
date of commission, 22nd July, 1863.
In the No. 1 Company "Onehunga Rifle
Volunteers."
Lieut. Frederick Morris Preston Brookfield,
to be Captain, date of commission,
22nd July, 1863.
Ensign David Kirkwood, to be Lieutenant,
date of commission, 22nd July, 1863.
George Hodge, to be Ensign, date of com-
mission, 22nd July, 1863.
In the No. 2 Company "Onehunga Rifle
Volunteers."
Lieut. Robert Farmer, to be Captain, date
of commission, 29th July, 1863.
In the "North Head" Rifle Volunteers.
Gladwyn John Richard Wynyard, to be
Captain, date of commission 21st July,
1863.
Henry Bowles Franklyn, to be Lieutenant,
date of commission, 21st July, 1863.
Joseph Lawry Vercoe, to be Ensign, date of
commission, 21st July, 1863.
In the "Waiuku District" Rifle Volunteers.
Daniel Henderson Lusk, to be Ensign, date
of commission, 25th July, 1863.
In the Wanganui "Union Corps of Volun-
teers."
Nathaniel Eveson Beamish, to be Captain,
date of commission, 11th June, 1863.
Archibald Cameron, to be Lieutenant (in
the Cavalry Troop), date of commission,
11th June, 1863.
Joseph Wilcox, to be Lieutenant (in the
Rifle Company), date of commission,
25th July, 1863.
In the "Papakura Valley" Rifle Volunteers.
George Gardiner, to be Captain, date of
commission, 27th July, 1863.
T. RUSSELL.
MILITIA AND VOLUNTEERS.
Appointment of Colonel Sillery.
Colonial Defence Force,
Auckland, 30th July, 1863.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been
pleased to appoint
Colonel CHARLES SILLERY,
to be Colonel in the New Zealand Militia
(for special service.)
Date of Commission—30th July, 1863.
T. RUSSELL.
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Appointments of Officers in the First Battalion Auckland Militia
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🛡️ Defence & Military28 July 1863
Militia, Volunteers, Appointments, Officers, Commissions, Auckland, Taranaki, Wanganui
34 names identified
- John Carey, Appointed Assistant Surgeon
- G. M. Picken (Captain), Appointed Adjutant
- Thomas William Doonin, Appointed Quartermaster
- Oswald Pilling, Appointed Captain, Third Battalion
- Albert Harley Storey, Appointed Lieutenant, Third Battalion
- Edward Studley Lewis, Appointed Lieutenant, Third Battalion
- John Stables, Appointed Ensign, Third Battalion
- Joseph Edward Hickson, Appointed Ensign, Third Battalion
- Henry Walter Vercoe, Appointed Ensign, Third Battalion
- - Hamlin, Appointed Ensign, Third Battalion
- Lewes Rye, Appointed Ensign, Third Battalion
- Clement Hooper, Appointed Assistant Surgeon, Third Battalion
- Charles Chamberlain, Appointed Captain, New Zealand Militia
- William Bazire Messenger (Lieutenant), Appointed Captain, Taranaki Militia
- Francis Joseph Mace (Ensign), Appointed Lieutenant, Taranaki Militia
- Garland Watson Woon, Appointed Ensign, Taranaki Militia
- Henry Peake, Appointed Lieutenant, Wanganui Militia
- Wilmot Powell, Appointed Ensign, Wanganui Militia
- Lionel FitzGerald (Captain), Appointed Instructor, Royal Cavalry Volunteers
- Henry Hardington, Appointed Lieutenant, Auckland Troop
- Stannus Jones, Appointed Cornet, Auckland Troop
- George Rayner, Appointed Assistant Surgeon, Auckland Rifle Volunteers
- Frederick Morris Preston Brookfield (Lieutenant), Appointed Captain, Onehunga No. 1 Company
- David Kirkwood (Ensign), Appointed Lieutenant, Onehunga No. 1 Company
- George Hodge, Appointed Ensign, Onehunga No. 1 Company
- Robert Farmer (Lieutenant), Appointed Captain, Onehunga No. 2 Company
- Gladwyn John Richard Wynyard, Appointed Captain, North Head Rifle Volunteers
- Henry Bowles Franklyn, Appointed Lieutenant, North Head Rifle Volunteers
- Joseph Lawry Vercoe, Appointed Ensign, North Head Rifle Volunteers
- Daniel Henderson Lusk, Appointed Ensign, Waiuku District Rifle Volunteers
- Nathaniel Eveson Beamish, Appointed Captain, Wanganui Union Corps
- Archibald Cameron, Appointed Lieutenant, Wanganui Union Corps
- Joseph Wilcox, Appointed Lieutenant, Wanganui Union Corps
- George Gardiner, Appointed Captain, Papakura Valley Rifle Volunteers
- T. Russell
🛡️ Appointment of Colonel Charles Sillery as Colonel in the New Zealand Militia
🛡️ Defence & Military30 July 1863
Militia, Colonel, Special Service, Appointment
- Charles Sillery (Colonel), Appointed Colonel in the New Zealand Militia
- T. Russell
NZ Gazette 1863, No 36