"Capt. J. S. Talbot, 65th Reg, severely wounded Rangiriri November 1863"
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Circa 1900
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Copy photograph of Captain John Shrews Talbot (1838-1907) of the 65th Regiment. Talbot is seated wearing military uniform with his regimental cap on his lap. Talbot was wounded in battle at Rangiriri pā, Waikato, in November 1863. He was wounded in the face, left arm and side, and was mistakenly reported dead in the Taranaki Herald of 28 November 1863. The photograph is included on page 21 of William Francis Robert Gordon's album "Some "Soldiers of the Queen" who served in the Maori Wars and Other Notable Persons Connected Herewith".
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