Ford, William

Production date
1859-1861
1860-1869
 Description
William Ford joined the crew of HMS Pelorus as a Petty Officer. He came to New Zealand with the ship's company and saw active service with the 40th Regiment at Puketekaure, Materikoriko and Te Arei.
The collection consists of transcriptions of two essays written by William Ford on the Puketakauere Campaign and two copy photographs.

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Production date
1859-1861
1860-1869
Subject person
Classification
papers/(for Archives)
Item list

  Part 1

1) An essay titled 'The Maori War - 1860-1861. Dictated by Wm Ford 2/P.O. H.M.S. Pelorus. (With covering letter from Dallas Ford)

2) The Maori War - 1860-1861, Puketekuare (sic) Campaign - From Wm Ford's handwritten Manuscript'.

3) Two photos of sketches depicting Te Arei and Maori 'Outworks'.

1) An essay titled 'The Maori War - 1860-1861. Dictated by Wm Ford 2/P.O. H.M.S. Pelorus.

2) The Maori War - 1860-1861, Puketekuare (sic) Campaign - From Wm Ford's handwritten Manuscript'.

3) Two photos of sketches depicting Te Arei and Maori 'Outworks'.

Accession number
ARC2002-745
Collection type
Archives

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