DESERTERS FROM H. M. SERVICE.

Otago Police Gazette, Volume I, Issue 6, 16 March 1863, Page 23

DESERTERS FROM H. M. SERVICE.

Report of Deserters from her Majesty’s Forces serving in New Zealand :

Deserted from, the detachment of 11. M.’s 57th regiment of foot at . Wanganui on 24th January, 1863, 16, Private John Kelly, aged 21 years 4 months, height sft. 6in., fresh complexion, light brown hair, brown eyes, native of Cork, wore , coarse grey tweed coat, grey tweed vest and trousers of darker colour than coat, an officer’s servant.

Deserted from the detachment of II M.’s 70th regiment stationed at Dunedin on 14th February,, 1863, 753, Private George'Oram, sft. Ilf in. high, age 20 years, fair complexion, light grey eyes, brown hair, no beard or moustache, stout build, full faced with thick lips, trade labourer, native of Plumpton, Sussex." ;

Deserted from the detachment of 11. M.’s 70th regiment stationed at Dunedin on 30th January, 1863, 605,"Private Andrew Walsh, sft. in. high, age 26 years, fresh complexion, eyes hazel and sunken, dark brown hair, round shouldered, black beard and moustache not very thick, native of Duragh, Queen s County.

Vide Otago Police Gazette , ,2nd Feb., 1863, p. 11.

7nfl) p■ • Auckland,doth Jan., , 1863. 70th Regiment— 492, Private Thomas dark n; n a?e ’ m 9^; SZ6 sft 9 in - ; complexion, tinn ; 9^’i lack ; ey6S ’ black ; date of desertion, 29th Dec, 1862; place of desertion, Camp Mangatawhiri; enlisted at Rochester on Bth June, 1858 born in Enniskillen Fermanagh; marked with the letter D ; trade laborer; dress, regimentals. , 70th Regiment—Ho. 3322, Private Thomas Mills age, 31; size, 5 ft. 6 j in.; complexion, fresh; hair, dark brown eyes, hazel; date of desertion, 4th Jan, 1863; place of desertion, Camp, Otahuhu; enlisted at Manchester on Ist Jan, 1853 ; born in Rochdale, Lancaster no marks; trade, laborer dress, regimentals^BHßhfliHai^HßßHHlMMßti!

70th Regiment—No. 3211, Private; Martin Vasey; age,, 311; size, 5 ft. 6J in. complexion, dark; hair, dark brown ; eyes, hazel; date of desertion, 4th Jan, 1863; place of desertion, Camp, Otahuhu; enlisted at Manchester on 9th Oct, 1851 ; born in Loughrea. Galway; no marks ; trade, tailor; dress, regimentals.

70th Regiment— 2921, Private E. J. Clarke; age, 33 and 1-12; size, 5 ft. ; 6^ in.; complexion, sallow; , hair, brown; :eyes, brown; date of desertion, 7th Jan., 1863 place of desertion, Camp, Point Chevalier ; enlisted at Cambridge on 12th Dec., 1848; born in Hobbeach, Lincoln ; no marks; trade, bricklayer ; dress, regimentals. 70th Regiment—No. 308, Drummer William Wood, age, 20j-; size, 5 ft. 4 in.; complexion, fresh’; hair, brown ; eyes, brown ; date of desertion, 7th ( Jan, 1863 ; place of desertion, Camp, Point Chevalier; enlisted l at Rochester on 11th Aug., 1857 ; born in : Chelsea, Middlesex ; no marks; trade, painter; dress, regimentals.

70th Regiment—No. 3241, Private John Dunn; age, 3Q p size, 5 ft. 6 in.; complexion, pale ; hair, light brown eyes, blue;, date of desertion, 7th Jan., 1863 place of desertion, Camp, Otahuhu; enlisted at Liverpool on 12th Jan* 1852“; born in Munstereven, Kildare; no marks; trade, laborer; dress, regimentals.

70th Regiment—No. 3524, Private George Windly ; age, 31; size, 5 ft. 4j- in.; complexion, fresh; , hair, : brown; eyes, brown date of desertion, 6th Jan, 1863; place of desertion, Camp, Mangatawhiri; enlisted at Brentwood, Essex, on 15th Dec., 1854; born in lipping, Sussex; no marks; trade, laborer; dress, regimentals. T. Chute, Col.

2nd Battalion, 14th Regiment 1669, Private Dan. Callaghan; age, 22 and 2-12; size, 5 ft. 7 in.; complexion, fresh; hair, brown; eyes, blue; date of desertion, 4th Jan, 1863; place of desertion, Camp, Otahuhu; enlisted at Liverpool on sth Nov., I 860; born in Hull, York ; no marks ; trade, laborer; dress, regimentals: has an impediment in his speech.

C. W. Austen, Lieut.-Col

40th Regiment—No. 264, Private Frederick Ellis; age, 28|; size, 5 ft. 71 in.; complexion, sallow; hair, dark brown; eyes, blue; date of desertion, 6th Jan, 1863 ; place of desertion, Auckland; enlisted < at Melbourne, Vic 7 :

torn)'- on 15th July,. 1859; born in Halstead, Essex ; t-. no marks; trade, laborer ; dress, regimentals. ;. ; ; : . Arthur Leslie, Lieut.-Col.-Royal: Artillery—No. 303, • Gunner. Jos.' Glendhill; age, 32 and 1-12 ; size, 5 ft. lOf in.; complexion, dark; hair, dark brown; eyes brown; date of desertion, 2nd Jan., 1863; place of desertion, Auckland ;: enlisted iat Pontrefact on 26th May, . 1855; born in Rostrick, Halifax, York; slightly - marked with smallpox ; trade, laborer ; i. dress, regimentals.-r H. Mercer, Captain, R.A.