Background
Goldfields Involvement, 1854
Captain in the 40th Regiment.
Post 1854 Experiences
Wise Memorial, Leek Wooton, Photography: Clare Gervasoni, 2001.
"Sacred to the memory of Henry Christopher Wise Esq, captain in HM 40th ? Somerset Regiment. Eldest son of Henry Christpher and Harriett Wise of Woodcote, who died on the 21st of December 1854 at MT Ballarat, Victoria, South Australia, or wounds received on the third of the XII month, while gallantly leading his company to the ? of the Rebel stockade at Eureka, Ballarat. This tablet is erected by the officers of the 40th Regiment.
See also
Ballarat Old Cemetery
http://eurekapedia.org/Military
Further Reading
Corfield, J.,Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. The Eureka Encyclopaedia, Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004.
References
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