Frederick John William GASCOYNE (1838 – 1926)
Name
Frederick John William GascoyneGender
MaleMilitary identification
Major, Colonial Defence ForceBirthdate
23 July 1838Birthplace
Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, IndiaMarriage(s)
25 December 1872
Napier
Date of death
13 November 1926Place of death
HastingsParents
- Charles Manners Gascoyne (1806-1872)
- Isabella Augusta Eliza Gascoyne, nee Campbell (1810-1903)
Partner(s)
- Marion Isabelle Gascoyne, nee Carr (1847-1923)
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Biography
Arrived in New Zealand with his family, 1853
Joined the Colonial Defence Force, 1863
Attached to the East Coast Expeditionary Force 1865 during the Waiapu campaign and operated in the Uruweras against Te Kooti
Appointed Sheriff of Auckland, 1888
Appointed stipendary magistrate of the Chatham Islands,,1890-1897
Published his reminiscences “Soldiering in New Zealand”, 1916
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