Patrick TALTY

1840 - 1924  (84 years)

• Name	Patrick TALTY
  Birth	1840	Ireland   [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   [4, 5]
  Burial	18 Jul 1924	Hawera, Taranaki, New Zealand   [6]
  Person ID	I14084	NZ Genealogy Project
  Last Modified	24 Aug 2021

  
  

  Family	Mary GORMAN,   b. 1833, Kilkenny, County Kilkenny, Ireland d. 13 Jun 1918, Hawera, Taranaki, New Zealand (Age 85 years)
  Marriage	New Zealand   [7]
  Family ID	F4585	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 Dec 2024

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 1840 - Ireland Death - 15 Jul 1924 - Hawera, Taranaki, New Zealand Burial - 18 Jul 1924 - Hawera, Taranaki, New Zealand Marriage - - 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.

  
  

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