New Zealand Gazette – 1863 – No. 5

Page 45

✨ Military Deserters Report



REPORT OF DESERTERS FROM HER MAJESTY'S FORCES SERVING IN NEW ZEALAND.

Auckland, 14th February, 1863.

Regiment. Number, Rank and Name. Age. Feet. Inches. Complexion. Hair. Eyes. Date of desertion. Place of desertion. Date of enlistment. At what place enlisted. Parish and County in which born. Marks. Trade. Coat or Jacket. Waistcoat. Breeches or Trousers. Remarks. Signature of Officer comndg.
2nd Bt 14th 322, Private Andrew Archer 22 5 7 fresh light brown blue 26 Jan., 1863 Camp, Shep- herd's Bush 14 May, 1858 Dublin Dunlevin, Wicklow letter D. marks of corporal punishmnt laborer blue smock shell .. regimentals Looks younger than what he really is; third desertion.
57th 70, Private Ard Shaw 23 3-12 5 6 fresk brown grey 9 January, 1863 Wanganui 30 Oct., 1857 Liverpool Askrigg, York none laborer shell jacket forage cap trowsers (summer) Took waist belt. H. J. WARRE, Colonel.
do. 261, Lance-Corporal, Owen McKernan. 21 5 7 fresh brown grey 17 Feb., 1862 Wanganui 18 Feb., 1859 Dublin Ematris, Coote- hill, Monaghan none laborer shell jacket forage cap trowsers (summer) Having friends in Laun- ceston it is supposed he may have joined them. Do.
do. 886, Private Adalbert Ulrich 23 5-12 5 8 fair light brown blue 9-January, 1863 Wanganui 23 August, 1859 Westminster Germany Sawenford, none clerk shell jacket forage cap black cloth Native of Germany; speaks broken English. Do.
do. 611, Private Miles Jones 20 1-12 5 8$ rac{1}{2}$ fair brown blueish 20 Nov., 1862 Wanganui 20 Oct., 1860 Wexford Camolin, Wex- ford none laborer shell jacket .. .. Took waist-belt; sup- posed to have sailed in Do.
65th 3792, Private Richard Walsh 29 4-12 5 8$ rac{1}{4}$ fresh brown grey 26 Jan., 1863 Camp, Queen's Redoubt 1 July, 1852 Liverpool St. Mary's, Limerick none shoemaker blue serge blue serge Do.
do. 2641, Private Walter Quinn 34 5 6$ rac{1}{2}$ fresh dark brown grey 21 Jan., 1863 Camp, Queen's Redoubt 1 Feb., 1847 Clonmel Drangan, Tip- perary none laborer blue serge blue serge G. F. MURRAY, Lieut.-Colonel.
Oth 3042, Private John Martin 31 5 7 sallow black hazel 24 Jan., 1863 Camp, Point Chevalier 7 Nov., 1849 Glasgow Donegal none laborer blue serge Regi- mentals blue cloth blue serge
do. 37, Private Joseph Stretton 27 5 5$ rac{1}{2}$ fresh light brown grey 2 Feb., 1863 Camp, Ota- huhu 8 Oct., 1853 Oldham Stockport Chester none joiner blue serge forage cap with silver numeral blue serge Do.
do. 3565, Private Peter Walds- worth. 33 5 5 sallow brown grey 5 Feb., 1863 Camp, Ota- huhu 14 Nov., 1855 Pendleton, Lancaster Pendleton, Lancaster none laborer Regimentals do. do. Do.
do. 3460, Private John Thompson 29 5 7 sallow light brown grey 6 Feb., 1863 Camp, Ota- huhu 14 Jan., 1863 Not re- corded. St. Catherine's, Dublin none laborer do. do. Do.


Next Page →



Online Sources for this page:

VUW Te Waharoa — PDF NZ Gazette 1863, No 5




✨ LLM interpretation of page content

🛡️ Report of Deserters from Her Majesty's Forces Serving in New Zealand

🛡️ Defence & Military
14 February 1863
Deserters, Military, Army, Report, Table, Auckland
11 names identified
  • Andrew Archer (Private), Reported as deserter
  • Ard Shaw (Private), Reported as deserter
  • Owen McKernan (Lance-Corporal), Reported as deserter
  • Adalbert Ulrich (Private), Reported as deserter
  • Miles Jones (Private), Reported as deserter
  • Richard Walsh (Private), Reported as deserter
  • Walter Quinn (Private), Reported as deserter
  • John Martin (Private), Reported as deserter
  • Joseph Stretton (Private), Reported as deserter
  • Peter Waldsworth (Private), Reported as deserter
  • John Thompson (Private), Reported as deserter

  • C. W. Austen, Lieutenant-Colonel
  • H. J. Warre, Colonel
  • G. F. Murray, Lieutenant-Colonel
  • T. Chute, Colonel