Colour Sergeant John
Richardson Mitchell (1821....1910)
Settled In New
Zealand
- Back To . . 58th
Foot Rutlandshire Regiment
Born : 02
April 1821
Where Born : Water
St., St.Martins, Stamford, Lincolnshire, England.
Occupation
: Soldier / Brewery
worker, soldier, surveyor ?, school teacher(20 yrs)
Date Arrived : 22nd April
1845,
Ship Arrived on NZ on the " Slains
Castle" to the Bay of Islands.
Transferred :
Rank on Discharge : Quarter
Master Sergeant, Colour Sergeant, Drill Instructor, Pay
Master.
Date of Enlistment : 21st June 1841.
Regimental # : 1466
Where Enlisted : Uppingham.
North Hampton
Date of Discharge : 31st
Aug. 1853. (Discharged with Gratuity)
Where Discharged : Auckland
/ New Zealand
Died :
17 December 1910
Where Died /
Buried : : at
"Grendon", Gth Sth Rd, Harp of Erin,
EllerslieAuckland Bur. Waikaraka, Onehunga, Auckland
Parents Names : Thomas
Mitchell (b.......d.) and Mary Richardson(b.......d.)
Spouse's Name : Julia
Maher
Born : 1826
Where Born : Tipperary,
Ireland.
Date Arrived : 10th
July 1847 in Auckland
Ship Arrived on :Pestongee
Bomangee
Died : 13th Aug 1916
Where Died /
Buried : 16 Newton Rd, Auckland,
Waikaraka, Onehunga, Auckland
Date Married : 26th
Apr 1847
Where Married : St.Johns
Church (58ths Headquarters) Paramatta, NSW
Spouse's Parents.
Sergeant Micheal Maher, 58th,(b.......d.) Sarah
(b.......d.)
- Descendants :
Phillipa Garnsey is a decendant
of Micheal Maher. garnsey@ozemail.com.au
- Area Settled :
- New Zealand
- Children :
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- History &
Achievements :
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- © Copyright B & M Chapman
(QLD) Australia
- Last revised: March 10, 2004.