Captain Alfred Robert
Hale . Swindley (1843..........)
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of the 18th Regiment's Soldiers who stayed
Born :
1843
Where : Maidstone
England
Occupation :
Shipping Agent /Soldier
Date Arrived :
20 January 1865
Ship Arrived on : "
Nelson" To New Zealand
Rank on Discharge : Captain
Date of Enlistment : 1863 65th
Regiment 20
Transfered : 1865, 18th Regiment
Regimental #
:
Where Enlisted : Maidstone
Date of Discharge :
1872
Died : 1912
Where Died /
Buried :Christchurch Coromandel
Parents Names : Captain
John Swindley (b.......d.) and Eliza Catherine
Walker(b.......d.)
Spouse's Name :
Margaret Emily Bloomfield
Born :
1848
Where : England
Occupation :
Date Arrived :
Ship Arrived on :
Died :
Where Died /
Buried :
Date Married :
1873
Where Married : at Coromandel
Spouse's Parents ,
Descendants :
- Children :
- Area Settled :
- New Zealand
History
& Achievements :
- 1865 Transferred to 18 th regiment about this
time Ensign
- 1866 At Wanganui NZ 18 regiment, 2 nd
battalion.Age 23
- 1867 Nov 18 Move from Wanganui to Napier NZ 18
Regiment. Vessel Ahuriri. March to Gore Barracks Ensign
age 24
- 1868-69 With the 18th in Napier NZ - Gore Browne
BarracksAge 25-26 Lieutenant?
- 1870 To Australia with the 18th Age 27
- 1871 In Australian Garrison Age 28
- 1871 Returned to England with the 18 th Age 28
Captain?
- 1871/2?Retired from the 18 th regiment 2 nd
battalion Age 28/29
- 1872 Aug 28 Emigrated from England to NZ. Vessel:
Nevada Age 29
- 1873 Married M. E. Blomfield at Coromandel\cell
Age 30
- 1881 Wises Directory listing - Kapanga Coromandel
Alfred Robert Swindley Age 38
- Hart's Army List 1863
Swindley, Alfred, Robert Hale, 8th Hussars. Cornet Mar
11th 1862
Hart's Army List 1864
Swindley, Alfred, Ensign Mar 11th 1862 with the 65th
(Changed from Cornet to
Ensign)
Hart's Army List 1870
Swindley, Alfred, Lt Mar 24th 1869 with the 18th Regiment
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(QLD) Australia
- Last revised: December 02, 2004.