Description
New Zealand, rev 1861-66 – 57th Foot (Middlesex)
New Zealand, rev 1861-66, 338 John Smith, 57th Regt.
John Smith was born in the Parish of Melbourn, Royston, Cambridgeshire, around 1836.
He enlisted into the 57th Regiment of Foot at Peterborough on 12 May 1859. Initially sent overseas to the East Indies, he served 6 years and 192 days in New Zealand during the New Zealand Wars and was promoted Sergeant 4 December 1867.
Transferred to the Royal London Militia on 1 November 1873, he returned to the service of the 57th Foot a little over a year later, but was soon reduced in the ranks when found drunk on fatigue duty. Sent to Battalion depot, he was discharged at Hounslow on 24 June 1880.
Condition – NVF
