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Record Number: 455


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Monday 7th Buried poor Broome at 10 AM with all honours the General & staff attending the 40th [regiment] lending their Band - the Commodore was obliged to read the Burial Service as there was no Clergyman out here

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

7 Jan 1861

Country:

New Zealand

Time

morning: 10am

Place:

specific address: Waitara camp, near Taranaki
other location: army camp

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

passive in company unknown
single serial unknown


Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Frederick Beauchamp Paget Seymour

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

1821

Socio-Economic Group:

Gentry

Occupation:

Commodore, Royal Navy

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

New Zealand

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

other members of Naval Brigade, soldiers etc


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

Church of England burial service

Genre:

Sermon, Other religious

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

455

Source:

Manuscript

Author:

Albert H. W. Battiscombe

Title:

Journal kept during the Maori War

Location:

Dorset Record Office

Call No:

D239/F14

Page/Folio:

120

Citation:

Albert H. W. Battiscombe, Journal kept during the Maori War Dorset Record Office, p. D239/F14, p. 120, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=455, accessed: 25 April 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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