HMS Hazard
Memorial - "Sacred to the
memory of Colour Sgt. J.M. Mcarthy RMLI age 33. Pte Alex May RMLI age
26. W. Lovell Seaman age 24. W. Love Seaman age 26. Whitkr Denby Seaman
age 34. Frederick Geo. Minikin Seaman age 23. late of HMS Hazard who
fell in the defence of Kororareka 11th March 1845. The warlike of the
Isles. The men of field and wave! Are not the rocks their funeral
piles. The seas and shores their grave? Go, stranger! track the deep.
Free, free the white sails spread! Wave may not foam nor wild wind
sweep/Where rest not Englands dead."
Lieutenant
Jack Beatty
- 99th Reg - died of wounds 11 July 1845
New Zealand newspaper - "At
Waikato on 11th July 1845, from wounds received at the assault
on the pah of Heke, the rebel chief,
Edward Beatty
Esq, Lieut., HM's 99th Regt, second son of D Beatty Esq
of Heathfield, Co.Wexford, Ireland. This gallant
young officer was
highly esteemed and is most deeply regretted by his
brother officers."
Ensign Blackburn - 99th Reg - killed in action August 1846
Private Brett - 58th Foot - killed in action 16 May 1848 at Hutt Vally, Boulcott Farm
Corporal Dockrill - 58th Foot - killed in action 16 May 1848 at Hutt Vally, Boulcott Farm
Private Doherty - 58th Foot - killed in action Ohaeawai June 1845
No. 2053 Private James Fleming - 58th Foot - killed in action 1845
Captain William Edward Grant - 58th Foot - killed in action 30 June 1845.
Private Ingate
-
58th Foot (Light company) - shot on guard duty 1.30am 11
July 1845. Buried at Waimate 12 July, aged 22 years.
Born in Kirby Cane, Norfolk.
Corporal William Kelly - 96th Reg - killed in action 8 May 1845 at Puketutu
Andrew Larrett - 58th Foot - killed in action 8 May 1845 at Okaihau
Private McKinnon - killed in action 1 July 1845
John McMillan - killed in action 8 May 1845
Private Mills - Royal Marines - killed in action 8 May 1845
No. 1674 Private William Moore - killed in action 8 May 1845
No. 1366 Private Thomas Morton - killed in action 8 May 1845
Midshipman Murray - H.M.S North Star - died of wounds 11 Jan 1846
Christopher North - 96th Reg - killed in action 8 May 1845
Lieutenant G. Philpots - Royal Navy - killed in action 30 June 1845
No. 1449 Private John Punched - 58th Foot - killed in action 8 May 1845
No. 1542 Sergeant W.I. Speight - 58th Foot (Light Company) - killed in action 8th May 1845
Private Spratt - 65th Reg - killed in action 1847
Private Charles Stevens - 58th Foot - killed in action 8 May 1845
No. 318 Private Edward Summers - 58th Foot - killed in action 8 May 1845
Private Richard Turton - died of wounds at Auckland
Private Weller - 58th Foot - killed in action 1847
No. 1352
Private Robert
Yeatts - 58th Foot (Light Company) - died of wounds
8 May 1845
New Zealand Newspaper - 23 November 1863
"Victory at Rangariri . . . . ."
Killed
Lieutenant Murphy - 12th Regt
Midshipman Watkins - HMS Curacoa
Artillery
Killed
Gunner Charles Culverwell
Gunner Robert Keoan
New Zealand Herald - 25
November 1863 - "Account
of Military funeral of Murphy and Watkins. Firing Parade of 40
men From the Auckland Garrison and Otahuhu Camp. In Command Lieutenant
Forster, 12th Regiment Band of the 12th Regiment. Band of the
50th Regiment, Band of HMS Curacoa. The Band of the 12th playing
the Dead March of Saul which was rendered exceedingly touching
by long funereal wails of the trumpets and prolonged rolls of
the muffled drums, between each repetition of that surpassing
funeral hymn. The bodies placed side by side on a gun carriage
covered with the Union Jack and drawn by six Artillery horses
and drivers, Seaman of the HMS ships Curacoa and Miranda. Fifty
men of the Land Transport Corps. Fifty men of troops in Garrison,
Officers of the Militia, Officers of HM Troops, Officers of the
Navy. Civilians members of the General Assembly. Members of the
Executive Council. Attorney-General, Colonial Secretary, Defense
Minister, Postmaster General Captain Lacy, HMS Miranda. Major
General Galloway. His Excellency the Governor."
New Zealand Herald - 25 November 1863
Battle at Rangariri
Artillery
Killed
Bombardier Martin
Gunner Kevan Melville
12th Regiment
Killed
Lieutenant Murphy
Private Needham
Private Osborne
Private Sayers
Private Sheda
Private G. Smith
Private Wood
14th Regiment
Killed
Lance Corporal Burrell
Private T. Bellew
Private McCrory
Private Nowland
Private H. Russell
40th Regiment
Killed
Private B. Barber
Private J. Daley
Private E. Goldsboro
Private E. Howne
Private J. Johns
Private P. Loughlin
Private J. McNally
Private W. Usher
65th Regiment
Killed
Private Bell
Private Blackburn
Private Cavanagh
Private Clarke
Private Hepburn
Private Johnson
Private King
Private Marley
Private McCausland
Private McLelland
Private Mooney
Private Neat
Private Roberts
New Zealand Herald - 26 November 1863
"Deaths of Captains Mercer and Phelps. Captain Mercer, Royal Artillery, and Captain Phelps, 2 Batt. 24th Regt, died this morning at Queen's Redoubt. The bodies arrived in an ambulance cart at Drury at 1.15. The remains of these gallant officers will be brought to Auckland under an escort of the 50th Regt and will arrive in town this evening. Captain Mercer was shot through the head and Captain Phelps through the abdomen, the bullet believed to have lodged in his kidney."
Monday 30 November 1863
Naval Brigade
Killed:
Mr. Watkins
Seamen
Wood - HMS Curacoa
Tidy
Ashburn
Downer
12 February 1864
"Report,
from Capt.
von Tempsky, accompanying the Forest Rangers, to the Assistant
Military Secretary.
Camp Te Rore, 12 February 1864."
40th Regiment
Killed:
Private John McDoole
Private Henry Blake
Private George Cooper
Private Michael Cahill
50th Regiment
Killed:
Private James Cussen (Auckland Rifle Volunteers)
Private William Bane (Auckland Rifle Volunteers)
New Zealand Herald - 25 February 1864
"Latest news from the General's H.Q. The Native Rebellion. Col. Nixon and other wounded officers and soldiers are progressing favourably."
Killed:
Corporal Horatio Alexander - Colonial Defence Corps
Mr. Hall - Colonial Defence Corps
Report from Camp Te Awamutu -
Killed:
Sergeant Hawkins - 50th Regt
Private Tuck - Artillery
New Zealand Herald - 4 March 1864
Killed:
Corporal Alexander - Colonial Defense Force
Private Alex McHale - Colonial Defense Force
Driver Charles Tuck - Mounted Artillery
Sergeant William Hawkins - 50th Regt.
Wounded:
Private Charles Askew - 65th Regt - bullet wound
entered eye, passing out behind ear, mortal.
Southern Cross - 6 April 1864
"List of Killed and Wounded (from the correspondent) Pukerimu, Sunday Evening, April 3, 9 o'clock. I posted a letter this morning at Te Awamutu before starting for this place, fearing that I should not reach in time to send you one from here. I find I shall not have time to give you full particulars of the affair by this mail. It is impossible to give the complete list of casualties on our side, owing to the wounded men having been carried to Kihikihi and Te Awamutu, as they were injured. So far as I have been able to ascertain them, the names of the killed and wounded are as follows:-
Killed
Private Armstrong - Militia
Private Cassiday - 18th Regt - shot through temple
Drummer Gilligan - 65th Regt - shot through upper part
of chest
Private Leckie - Militia - shot through head
Captain Ring - 18th Regt - shot through the groin
Private Traynor - 18th Regt - shot through small of back
Wounded
Captain Hereford - Militia - shot through eye, mortal
Southern Cross - 7 April 1864
"Kaitake, 11
March 1864"
Killed
Private Michael Kennedy - penetrating wound of chest, killed
New Zealand Herald - 8 April 1864
Killed
Captain Ring
Drummer Gillingham - 65th Regt
Corporal Barnett
Private Whitfield
Southern Cross - 9 April 1864
Nominal Return of Killed . . . . . . . of the troops at Orakau, from March 31st to April 2nd 1864 -
Private Michael Bellaine
- 2/18th
Regt Shot through head, dead
Private John Carroll - 2/18th Regt - upper part of chest,
dead
Private Hugh Cassidy - 2/18th Regt - shot through head,
dead
Sergeant William Lawson - 2/18th Regt - shot through liver,
dead
Captain James T. Ring - 2/18th Reg - penetrating gunshot
wound abdomen, mortally, since died
Private Thomas Traynor - 2/18th Regt - shot through the
back, dead
Sergeant Hugh Duncan - 40th Regt - through the head, dead
Private William Love - 40th Regt - through the chest, dead
Lance-Corporal John Barnett - 65th Regt - through the chest,
dead
Drummer Robert Gilligan - 65th Regt - through chest, dead
Private Thomas Maskell - 70th Regt - side of chest, dead
Private Charles Coghlan - Forest Rangers - penetrating
wound of abdomen, mortally, since died
Sergeant William Taylor - Forest Rangers - upper part of
chest, dead
Corporal Armstrong - Waikato Militia - chest, dead
Private John Leeky - Waikato Militia - head, dead
New Zealand Herald - 12 April 1864
57th Regtiment
Killed
Captain Lloyd - gunshot wound chest, abdomen, pelvis,
shoulder,
thigh, fractured femur; tomahawk wound calf; decapitated.
Private Jeremiah Dooley - gunshot wound to shoulder,
decapitated.
Private George Sadler - gunshot wound to shoulder; 2 tomahawk
wounds to arm; decapitated.
Militia - Victorians
Killed
Corporal H. Banks - gunshot wound to abdomen, decapitated
Private James Neagles - gunshot wound to abdomen and head;
decapitated
Private H. Hartley - gunshot wound to Pelvis; decapitated
Missing
Private John Gallagher
Southern Cross - 28 April 1864
"Maketu"
Killed
Private S. Evers - 43rd Regt - back, slightly
Private H. Churcher - 43rd Regt - arm, severe
Private E. Shaw - 43rd Regt - arm, severe
Sapper McIntyre - Royal Engineers - arm, slight
New Zealander - 2 May 1864
"Tauranga, Pukehinahine
Pa"
Killed
Commander Hamilton - HMS Esk
Captain Muir - 43rd Regt
Captain Glover - 43rd Regt
Sergeant-Major Vance - 43rd Regt
New Zealand Herald - 10 May
1864
Private Brissington - 12th
Regt - gunshot wound to chest, killed
New Zealander - 30 June 1864
"Monthly Summary of Killed and Wounded"
43rd Regiment
Captain F.A. Smith
H. Bernards
68th Regiment
Captain H.W.J. Trent
Captain T. Casement
Lieutenant H.J.R.V. Stuart
Ensign W.H.F. Palmer