Southland Provincial Gazette – 1863 – No. 37

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✨ Deserters Report



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

Auckland, 10th January, 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 of Birth, Town, or Nation Marks Trade Coat Waistcoat Breeches or Trowsers Remarks Signature of Officer commanding
70th 492, Private Thomas Flynn 29 3/4 5 8 dark black black 29 December 1862 Camp, Mangatawhiri 8 June 1858 Rochester Buniskillen, Permanagh letter D labourer Regimental ... ... T. O’Hara, Col.
do. 3322, do. Thomas Mills 31 5 8 1/2 fresh dark brown hazel 4 January 1863 Camp, Ota, hui 1 February 1863 Manchester Rochdale, Lancashire none labourer ... ... do. Do.
do. 3211, do. Martin Vasey 31 1/2 5 6 dark dark brown hazel 5 January 1863 Camp, Ota, huhu 9 October 1861 Manchester Longuires, Galway none tailor ... ... do. Do.
do. 2991, do. E. J. Clarke 33 and 1-12 5 6 1/2 sallow brown brown 7 January 1863 Camp, Point Chevalier 12 December 1843 Cambridge Hobbash, Lincoln none bricklayer ... ... do. Do.
do. 803, Drum. William Wood 20 1/2 5 4 fresh brown brown 7 January 1863 Camp, Point Chevalier 11 August 1862 Rochester Chelsea, Middlesex none painter ... ... do. Do.
do. 3241, Private John Dunn 31 1/2 5 6 pale light brown blue 7 January 1863 Camp, Ota, huhu 12 January 1852 Liverpool Mustergeven, Kildare none labourer ... ... do. Do.
do. 3524, do. George Windly 31 5 4 1/2 fresh brown brown 6 January 1863 Camp, Mangatawhiri 15 December 1854 Brentwood, Essex Epping, Essex none labourer ... ... do. Do.
2nd Bn 14th 1669, do. Dan Callaghan 22 2-12 5 7 fresh brown blue 4 January 1863 Camp, Ota, huhu 5 November 1860 Liverpool Hull, York none labourer ... ... Has an impediment in his speech. C. W. Austen, Lieut.-Colonel
40th 264, do. Frederick Ellis 23 1/4 5 7 1/4 sallow dark brown blue 6 January 1863 Auckland 15 July 1862 Melbourne Hailstead none labourer ... ... ... Arthur Leslie, Lieut.-Colonel
Royal Artillery 803, Gunner Jos. Glandfield 32 1-12 5 10 1/4 dark dark brown brown 2 January 1863 Auckland 26 May 1855 Victoria, Pontefract Essex, Rostrick, Halifax, York slightly marked with small pox labourer ... ... ... H. Mercer, Capt., R.A.


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🛡️ Report of Deserters from Her Majesty's Forces

🛡️ Defence & Military
10 January 1863
Deserters, Military, New Zealand, Report
10 names identified
  • Thomas Flynn (Private), Deserted from 70th Regiment
  • Thomas Mills (Private), Deserted from 70th Regiment
  • Martin Vasey (Private), Deserted from 70th Regiment
  • E. J. Clarke (Private), Deserted from 70th Regiment
  • William Wood (Drummer), Deserted from 70th Regiment
  • John Dunn (Private), Deserted from 70th Regiment
  • George Windly (Private), Deserted from 70th Regiment
  • Dan Callaghan (Private), Deserted from 2nd Bn 14th Regiment
  • Frederick Ellis (Private), Deserted from 40th Regiment
  • Jos. Glandfield (Gunner), Deserted from Royal Artillery

  • T. O’Hara, Col.
  • C. W. Austen, Lieut.-Colonel
  • Arthur Leslie, Lieut.-Colonel
  • H. Mercer, Capt., R.A.