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Patrick TALTY

Male 1840 - 1924  (84 years)    Has no ancestors and no descendants in this family tree.

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  • Name Patrick TALTY 
    Birth 1840  Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Military Service From 19 Feb 1856 to 25 Mar 1867  [2, 3
    Private 3548, 57th (West Middlesex) Regiment of Foot 
    Military Service From 1867 to 1869  [3
    Armed Constabulary, New Zealand 
    Death 15 Jul 1924  Hawera, Taranaki, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5
    Burial 18 Jul 1924  Hawera, Taranaki, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Person ID I14084  NZ Genealogy Project
    Last Modified 24 Aug 2021 

    Family Mary GORMAN,   b. 1833, Kilkenny, County Kilkenny, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Jun 1918, Hawera, Taranaki, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years) 
    Marriage New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Family ID F4585  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 31 Dec 2024 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 1840 - Ireland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 15 Jul 1924 - Hawera, Taranaki, New Zealand Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 18 Jul 1924 - Hawera, Taranaki, New Zealand Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - - New Zealand Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • OBITUARY

      PASSING OF VETERAN
      PATRICK TALTY

      There passed away at the Hawera public hospital on Tuesday evening one who had seen active service in many parts of the world - namely, Patrick Talty, at the great age of 84 years. A native of Ireland, he joined the 57th Regiment (Die Hards) in 1856, when 19 years of age, and very soon, after that was under fire, for he saw service in the Crimea the same year. His regiment took an active part in the suppression of the Indian Mutiny in 1857-58, and subsequently left direct for New Zealand to assist in the Maori war, arriving in the early sixties. On the regiment arriving in New Zealand Talty was drafted to Taranaki with a detachment, and he was present at many engagements against the Maoris in different parts of the province, including the historic attack on Sentry Hill redoubt in 1864, when Major Butler and his small force of Die Hards accounted for over forty of the enemy. After leaving the Imperials in 1867, having served eleven years, Talty joined the colonial forces and saw a good deal of fighting in South Taranaki. He was present at Te Ngutu-o-te-Manu in 1868, when disaster overtook the colonial forces. Altogether the late Veteran Patrick Talty saw more service than falls to the lot of most men, and through it all he maintained the highest character. So far as is known he leaves no relatives in New Zealand, his wife having predeceased him many years ago. Strange to say he possessed only the New Zealand war medal, which was awarded to him as recently as 1911; but that he was entitled to others there can be no question.

      The funeral will be a military one, leaving the Catholic Church at 2 p.m. to-morrow. It is to be hoped that as many Maori war and South African veterans as can attend will do so.

      Source: Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLVIII, 17 July 1924, Page 4.


  • Sources 
    1. [S58] Papers Past - Hawera & Normanby Star, (Papers Past - National Library of New Zealand), none.

    2. [S188] Hugh & Lyn Hughes, Discharged in New Zealand, (New Zealand Society of Genealogists, Auckland, New Zealand. 1988.), 993.02088355 H874D.

    3. [S45] ARCHWAY, (Archives New Zealand 2004), none.
      Naval and Military and Local Forces Land Claims Commission, Claim to Grant of Land or Remission of Purchase Money

    4. [S58] Papers Past - Hawera & Normanby Star, (Papers Past - National Library of New Zealand), Volume XLVIII, 17 July 1924, Page 4, none.
      DEATH. TALTY. - At the Public Hospital, Hawera, on Tuesday, July 15th, 1924, Patrick, clearly beloved husband of the late Mary Talty, and formerly of 57th Regiment (Die Hards); aged 87 years. R.I.P.

    5. [S61] South Taranaki Cemeteries, (South Taranaki District Council, Hawera, New Zealand), none.

    6. [S61] South Taranaki Cemeteries, (South Taranaki District Council, Hawera, New Zealand), none.
      Name : Estate of Patrick Talty; Section : Hawera General Roman Catholic; New Plot ID : 3740; Block : XIX; Old Plot No : 11; Interment Status : Occupied; Date Of Death : 15/07/1924; Date Of Interment : 18/07/1924; Type Of Interment : Burial; Depth Of Plot : Single; Denomination : Roman Catholic

    7. [S172] NZ Marriages 1836-1956, (New Zealand Society of Genealogists, 2006).