Great Britain. War Office - Returns - Royal Engineers: Regimental Muster rolls and Pay lists, 1843-1878. Records relating to Australia, New Zealand and Fiji [WO 11]

PRO 7180-7189

fonds

Canberra : Australian Joint Copying Project, [19--]

432978

Microfilm : PRO 7180-7189 (see also detailed contents list at Micro. Ref. Bks. 2.2.WO/7)

microfilm reels - 35 mm

Consists of monthly lists of units travelling to and from England for the Royal Engineers and the Royal Sappers and Miners. Includes 6th Company and detachments, Auckland, Wellington and Napier, New Zealand, 1847-1867; Levuka, Fiji, 1875-1878; 20th Company, Fremantle, 1850-1862; other detachments at South Australia, Melbourne, Fremantle and Van Diemen's Land

Original held by the National Archives (Great Britain), formerly the Public Record Office, London.

Officers of the Royal Engineers were first sent to NSW and Van Diemen's Land in 1835. Small parties of Sappers & Miners were sent to WA in 1837, SA in 1839, Van Diemen's Land in 1852 and Vic in 1854 and were mainly engaged on surveying work. In 1854-1868 a party of Sappers and Miners were employed on special service with the Sydney Mint. The largest force was based in WA in 1850-1863, attached to the Convict Establishment, the officers eventually being transferred to the Public Works Dept. A company served in NZ in 1850-1867 and took a major part in the Maori Wars
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