Private John Caffrey (1814....
.1864.)
Settled In New
Zealand
- Back To . . 58th
Foot Rutlandshire Regiment
- Born : 1814
- Where Born :
Castleraghan Ballyjamesduff Ireland
- Occupation :
Tailor /
Soldier
- Date Arrived
Australia on 6 March 1845
- Ship Arrived on :
Hyderabad
- Date Arrived N. Z : Auckland on 22 April 1845
- Ship Arrived on :
" Slains Castle "
- Rank attained :
- Date of Enlistment : 1 March 1833
- Where Enlisted :
- Regiments # 819
- Date of Discharge :
13 June 1854
- Where Discharged :
Aukland
- Died :
age of 50 years in 1864
- Where Died / Buried :
Otahuhu.
- Parents Names :
- Spouse's Name :
Elizabeth Hamilton
- Born :
- Where Born :
- Occupation :
- Date Arrived :
- Ship Arrived on :
- Date Married :
1842
- Where Married : Dublin
- Died :
- Where Died / Buried :
- Spouse's Parents :
John Caffrey
- Descendants
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- Area Settled :
- New Plymouth New Zealand
- Children :
-
30 November 1849 his son Joseph was born in Auckland
- History &
Achievements :
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The first named policeman to serve in Otahuhu was Constable John
Caffery who was believed to have arrived in late 1854 and would have been
a member of the Auckland provincial Constabulary formed in 1852. Born in
1814 at Castleraghan in Ballyjamesduff, Ireland, his profession was
described at a tailor when he joined the 58th Regiment as a private on 1
March 1833, when he was given the number 819. In 1842 he married Elizabeth
Hamilton in Dublin. Caffery's military service saw him spend 18 months in
Ceylon before sailing to Sydney, Australia on 6 March 1845 aboard the
penal ship, “Hyderabad " whilst serving as a convict guard.
Caffery then sailed to Auckland on 22 April 1845 aboard the ship
“Slains Castle. On 30 November 1849 his son Joseph was born in Auckland
and on 13 June 1854 he was discharged from the military with a
pension. Shortly afterwards he joined the Police at Auckland and was
transferred to Otahuhu. At this time the Magistrates Court, or Police
Court as it was commonly known, was held at Onehunga and it was common
for prisoners to be marched back and forth for prosecution hearings or on
escort to Auckland Gaol.
In June 1856, John Caffery is recorded as the Constable at Otahuhu and
the complainant in seven cases of drunkenness at the Onehunga Resident
Magistrates Court. He died at the age of 50 years in 1864 whilst at
Otahuhu.
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