✨ Military Casualties and Incident Reports
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 375
65TH REGIMENT.
NOMINAL RETURN OF CASUALTIES OF THE ABOVE CORPS AT CAMERON.
| Mental No. | Rank and Name. | Corps. | Age, Years. | Service, Years. | Date of Death. | Place of Death. | Nature of Injury. | Remarks. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3,277 | Richard Swift .... | 65th | 32 | 13 | 7th Sept., 1863 | Cameron | Gunshot wound .. | Severely |
| 1,051 | Robert Bellringer....... | do. | 28 | 9 | do. | do. | do. | do. |
| 163 | Stephen Grace.. | do. | 37 | 15 | do. | do. | do. | do. |
| 3,422 | Villars Butler | do. | 23 | 5 | do. | do. | do. | do. |
| 3,666 | Francis Powell | do. | 22 | 4 | do. | do. | do. | Wounded |
| 2,268 | James McLean | do. | 27 | 8 | do. | do. | do. | do. |
| Michael Bryan.. | do. | 30 | 10 | do. | do. | do. | do. | |
| Thomas Whittle | do. | 36 | 17 | do. | do. | do. | Severely |
J. MOUAT,
Deputy Ins. General, Prin. Medical Officer.
Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 11th September, 1863
THE following letter from Mr. R. O.
Stewart, reporting the death of Mr.
Armitage and others, killed by the Rebel
Natives, is published for general informa-
tion.
ALFRED DOMETT.
Resident Magistrate's Office,
(Taupari, near Kohanga,)
Lower Waikato, 7th Sept., 1863.
12 o'clock, noon.
SIR,—I have the honor to forward to you
the following melancholy intelligence, which
has been related to Archdeacon Maunse
and myself by Maois of the Ngatiwhauroa
tribe, just arrived here from the Government
store at Taroa (Camerontown.) These Maoris
and two Europeans, William Strand, campen
ver, and — Heughan, blacksmith, were on
guard and in charge of the stores, which I
have been informed, consisted wholly of horse
forage to the amount of forty tons, part o the
cargo of the "City of Melbourne," now lying
within the Waikato Heads. Mr. Armitage,
the Resident Magistrate on this station, had
just arrived there this morning early, in a
canoe from Te Ia, on his way aither. The
Maoris in charge were engaged in loading
canoes with the above mentioned stores, in
order to convey them up the river, when
suddenly an attack was made upon them
by about one hundred hostile Maories,
chiefly of the Ngatimaniapoto tribe, they
say.
The result of this attack was that Mr.
Armitage, Strand, Heughan, a half-caste
named Wade, and a Ngatiwhauroa have been
killed. They were shot in the canoes.
The Ngatiwhauroa, who numbered only
about twenty, soon retreated, and arrived
here by canoe on the left bank of the Wai-
kato. Besides the above five killed, one of
the friendly Maories is missing.
Four large canoes and the dead bodies
have, in addition to the stores, been left in
the hands of the rebels.
I send this letter express to Waiuku,
Waata Kukutai having supplied that ser-
vice.
I shall concert with Archdeacon Maunsell
and Waata Kukutai as to the recovery of
the bodies, if an effort can prudently be
made.
I have, &c.,
R. O. STEWART,
Clerk to the Resident Magistracy.
The Honorable
the Colonial Secretary,
Auckland.
Printed and published by W. C. WILSON, for the New Zealand Government, at the Printing Office,
Shortland Crescent.
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NZ Gazette 1863, No 45
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🛡️ Nominal Return of Casualties for the 65th Regiment at Cameron
🛡️ Defence & Military65th Regiment, Casualties, Cameron, Military deaths, Gunshot wound, Wounded
8 names identified
- Richard Swift, Died of gunshot wound
- Robert Bellringer, Died of gunshot wound
- Stephen Grace, Died of gunshot wound
- Villars Butler, Died of gunshot wound
- Francis Powell, Wounded
- James McLean, Wounded
- Michael Bryan, Wounded
- Thomas Whittle, Wounded
- J. Mouat, Deputy Ins. General, Prin. Medical Officer
🛡️ Report on the Killing of Resident Magistrate Armitage and others
🛡️ Defence & Military7 September 1863
Armitage death, Waikato, Hostile Maoris, R. O. Stewart report, Store attack
6 names identified
- Armitage (Mr.), Resident Magistrate killed
- Maunsell (Archdeacon), Received intelligence report
- William Strand, Camp-servant killed
- Heughan, Blacksmith killed
- Wade, Half-caste killed
- Waata Kukutai, Assisting recovery planning
- Alfred Domett
- R. O. Stewart, Clerk to the Resident Magistracy