From:
The New Zealander Wednesday
14th January 1857
This
magazine is recorded on microfilm and can be accessed at
the Auckland City Library.
OFFICERS OF THE AUCKLAND BATTALION
Colonial Secretary's Office
Auckland, 9th January 1857
His Excellency the Governor has been pleased
to direct the publication of the following list of Officers
in the Auckland Battalion of the New Zealand Militia with
the date of their respective commissions.
Colonel:
His Excellency the Governor
Lieutenant Colonel:
Henry MATSON
9th
April 1845
Captains:
Charles Henry Montresor
SMITH
1st
Dec 1856
Theodore Minet HAULTAIN
2nd
Dec 1856
Francis Eastwood CAMPBELL
3rd
Dec 1856
John Alexander Charles
PETLEY
4th
Dec 1856
Thomas BECKHAM
5th
Dec 1856
Walter MURRAY
6th
Jan 1857
Lieutenants:
Charles Hunter McINTOSH
11th
April 1845
Frederick Ward MERRIMAN
11th
April 1845
William MASON
11th
April 1845
Reader Gillson WOOD
1st
Nov 1845
George Elliot ELLIOT
1st
Dec 1856
James BUCHANAN
9th
Dec 1856
Ensigns:
Wynne Peyton GRAY
1st
Dec 1856
John Skerrett HICKSON
2nd
Dec 1856
Henry John WYNYARD
3rd
Dec 1856
Henry Eyre KENNY
4th
Dec 1856
Alexander Charles Phipp
MACDONALD
5th
Dec 1856
Charles James Christopher
Smith WILSON
6th
Dec 1856
Captain & Adjutant:
Henry Colin BALNEAVIS
7th
Oct 1856
Surgeon:
Thomas Moore PHILSON
8th
Dec 1856
By His Excellency's
Command.
E W Stafford
Every
care possible has been taken with these records but, as
usual, remember to check original sources of **everything**
for yourself.
Transcribed:
January, 2001 by Jackie Walles,
New Zealand
