Robert PERRY

  General Notes:

I have a certificate of 'Private Robert Perry' when he was discharged from the Army on account of disability. He was born in the parish of Woburn in the County of Bedfordshire. Was enlisted at St. Albans for the 65^th Regiment on the 28^th September 1839 at the age of 18 ½ and served in the Army for 22 years and 44 days.
Was in America 13 months and Australia 5 years and 5 months. He wore five (5) good conduct badges. And is dated at Auckland 31^st day of July 1861.
(From Constance Ann Barrett) -

  Medical Notes:

An English soldier who went to New Zealand for the Maori wars

Robert married Mary FRAZER in 1851. (Mary FRAZER was born in 1835 and died on 29 Jun 1879 in Wanganui,Manawatu,New Zealand.)