NEW ZEALAND MEDAL undated, impressed in small capitals to 1550 PTE G. SMYTH. 58th FOOT. George Smyth appears on the medal roll for men who served with the 58th Foot in the 1845-7 New Zealand campaign. Two Smyth’s are on lists of wounded men after Puketutu in May 1845. One may be 1550 George Smyth, but it is overall unlikely. He served with the 58th Foot for 8 years & then remained in New Zealand in the Auckland district. In 1877 he was recorded as winning the Otahuhu Agricultural Society ploughing contest & in 1896 was in Otahuhu. gVF

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MEDALS, MILITARY, NEW ZEALAND MEDAL 1861 TO 1866 impressed SERGT. D. RUDDOCK, 3RD, WAIKATO REGT, XXXXXd out, SPEC impressed. Daniel Rossiter Rudduck was arrested for larceny in 1853 but apparently served in Crimea with his brother who was killed there. He emigrated to New Zealand & is on the medal roll as a Sergeant with the 3rd Waikato. He settled in Oamaru & died there in 1915. AU

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MEDALS, MILITARY, NEW ZEALAND MEDAL 1861 TO 1866, impressed A.HARRISON. Arthur Harrison was a civilian bullock driver with the Imperial Commissariat Transport Corps, with the original cardboard box of issue, as purchased by vendor in Wellington in 1981, in good condition but edges split. Handwritten naming on box is in the original style, no rank or unit named on the medal. EF

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MEDALS, MILITARY, NEW ZEALAND MEDAL, Imperial issue, undated, impressed 1485.DRVR. JOHN MOORE, RYL.. ARTILLERY. John Moore bn County Down, Ireland, about 1830, enlisted with the Royal Artillery in Ireland on 26 May 1855. Entering as a Gunner, he was promoted to Bombardier on 1 July 1859 & Corporal 20 Jun 1860, but after a Court Martial on 12 Aug 1860, he returned to being a Gunner. Present with the Field Force under Sir T. Pratt at Taranaki (Waitara) from 13-19 March 1861, he was discharged from the RA due to ill health on 31 Aug 1864, holding two good conduct badges. Mounted as brooch on Rev, pin broken, bruises at lower Obv, otherwise VF.

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MEDALS, MILITARY, NZ Family Group (4), Pair, Government District Shooting Medal engraved on Rev Government District 1st Prize, won by VOL W. F. ROSS. 1st Westland Rifles, Hokitika March 8th 1872, with Class Firing shooting medal, wreath with two crossed rifles, engraved on Rev Class Firing won by VOLT W. F. ROSS. 1ST WESTLAND RIFLES, 1874, marked HARROP & NEILL, DUNEDIN, both silver, aEF; & Pair QSA, four clasps Cape Colony, Rhodesia, Transvaal, SA1901, hand to R, impressed Lt W. J. F. ROSS NEW ZEALAND M.R. & NZ Long & Efficient Service Medal, G T White, no makers mark, OD92, impressed W.O. II W. J. F. ROSS N. Z. A. O. C, EF. William Fraser Ross, 1840-1893, joined the Gabriel's Gully gold rush in 1862 & was the Champion Shot of Westland. His son, William James Fredrick Ross (1864-1934), one of 4 officers of the 4th contingent to South Africa from 23 March 1900 until 1 April 1901, later joined the militia & served as Quarter Master Sergeant at Trentham. In civilian life, he was a Manager for the Royal Insurance Co, in boxing, athletics & opera, & sang the role of Mikado. A rare group. aEF - EF

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