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Auction: 11010 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals & Militaria
Lot: 143

x New Zealand 1845-66, reverse dated 1845-1846 (Lt. J.W.A. Kennedy, R.M., H.M.S. Castor), officially re-impressed, good very fine, Scarce Estimate £ 600-800 Approximately 155 New Zealand dated 1845-1846 were awarded, of which 62 were awarded to H.M.S. Castor, 30 of which are recorded as known in Naval Medals 1793-1856, K. Douglas-Morris. Major General John William Alexander Kennedy, R.M, commissioned Second Lieutenant, 1841; served in H.M.S. Castor, 1843-1847; First Lieutenant and Adjutant, 1845; served under Admiral Sir T. Cochrane during the operations against the pirates in Borneo, August 1845; engaged on shore during the action at Brunei, the destruction of a stockade and the capture of a battery of guns, together with large quantities of ammunition; subsequently, he participated with the foremost line of boats, at the attack of the pirate stronghold of Mallodoo and on the boom being broken, was landed with the Royal Marine Force which drove the pirates from their entrenchments and pursued them up country; in 1846, he served with the force under Colonel Despard in operations in New Zealand, and was actively engaged in the advance on, siege and capture of the Ruapekapeka Stockade, an event which ended the war; advanced Colonel 1871; retired Major General 1878. Provenance: Sotheby March 1984

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