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[[Robert Adair]], [[George Arden]], [[William Bird]], [[Felix Boyle]], [[John Egan]], [[Henry Goddard]], [[Henry Goddard]], [[Richard Hargreaves]], [[William Hustable]], [[John Kempt]], [[George Littlehales]], [[William Queade]], [[William Revell]],  [[Garret Shanahan]], [[John Thomas]], [[William Webb]], [[George Wood]]
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[[Samuel Adair]], [[B.T. Adams]], [[William Adams]], [[William Alderton]], [[Edward Archer]], [[George Arden]], [[Richard Atkinson]], [[William Atwell]], [[Frederick Austin]], [[Joseph Barden]], John [[Barrow]], [[James Berry]], [[John Birch]], [[William Bird]], [[James Bourne]], [[Felix Boyle]], [[Bartholomew Bradley]], [[William Bragg]], [[Benjamin Broker]], [[George Brown]], [[George Bryant]], [[William Butwell]], [[Charles Campbell]], [[Samuel Carter]], [[Andrew Canty]], [[Timothy Canty]], [[Joseph Carrigan]], [[John Casserly]], [[Charles Chamberlain]], [[Josiah Collins]], [[William Colvin]], [[Richard Coombs]], [[Robert Cornish]], [[John Cresswell]], [[John Cridge]], [[Haymen Crude]], [[Martin Daley]], [[William Dasvidson]], [[Samuel Davis]], [[Thomas Dawson]], [[John Egan]], [[Henry Goddard]], [[Henry Goddard]], [[Richard Hargreaves]], [[William Hustable]], [[John Kempt]], [[George Littlehales]], [[William Queade]], [[William Revell]],  [[Garret Shanahan]], [[John Thomas]], [[William Webb]], [[George Wood]]
  
 
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[[File:Eureka drawing - colour - BHS-wiki1.jpg|800px|thumb|left|''Eureka,'' Ballarat Heritage Services Picture Collection.]]

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Eureka, Ballarat Heritage Services Picture Collection.


Background

Two regiments of the British Army were involved in the Eureka Stockade. They were the 12th Regiment and the 40th Regiment.

Military reinforcements from the 12th and 40th Regiments were sent to Ballarat arriving on 28 November 1854. The 40th Regiment marched into Ballarat led by Captain Christopher Wise, with a full show of force and with bayonets drawn. In comparison to what occurred later that day they encountered no resistance or problems.[1]

The shouting and hooting of the people intimated that something unusual had taken place, and accordingly in a few minutes afterwards was seen a detachment of the 40th Regiment marching towards the camp with fixed bayonets, and the officers with drawn swords. [2]

A detachment of the 12th Regiment entered Ballarat on 28 November 1854 between nine and ten o’clock at night, and marched through the Eureka Diggings accompanied by some transport waggons. An incident ensued which resulted in injuries to the Drummer Boy, John Egan; the publican, Benden Hassell; and the carter, Young. [3]

12th Regiment

The 12th (East Suffolk) Regiment

Samuel Adair, B.T. Adams, William Adams, William Alderton, Edward Archer, George Arden, Richard Atkinson, William Atwell, Frederick Austin, Joseph Barden, John Barrow, James Berry, John Birch, William Bird, James Bourne, Felix Boyle, Bartholomew Bradley, William Bragg, Benjamin Broker, George Brown, George Bryant, William Butwell, Charles Campbell, Samuel Carter, Andrew Canty, Timothy Canty, Joseph Carrigan, John Casserly, Charles Chamberlain, Josiah Collins, William Colvin, Richard Coombs, Robert Cornish, John Cresswell, John Cridge, Haymen Crude, Martin Daley, William Dasvidson, Samuel Davis, Thomas Dawson, John Egan, Henry Goddard, Henry Goddard, Richard Hargreaves, William Hustable, John Kempt, George Littlehales, William Queade, William Revell, Garret Shanahan, John Thomas, William Webb, George Wood

Eureka, Ballarat Heritage Services Picture Collection.

40th Regiment

The 40th (2nd Somersetshire Regiment)

After Eureka some of the 40th Regiment were posted to New Zealand.

Josiah Bigsby, Denis Brien, John Broadhurst, Martin Cusack, Thomas Fitzgerald, Charles Hall, Patrick Lynot[4], Michael McAdam[5], Thomas Reed, Cornelius Sorrell, Thomas Valiant, Joseph Wall, Henry Wise

Wise Memorial, Leek Wooton, Photography: Clare Gervasoni, 2001.

"Sacred to the memory of Henry Christopher Wise Esq, captain in H.M. 40th 2nd Somerset Regiment. Eldest son of Henry Christopher 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 same month, while gallantly leading his company to the assembly of the rebel stockade at Eureka, Ballarat. This tablet is erected by the officers of the 40th Regiment."
About an hour afterwards a detachment of the 12th regiment, with arms, ammunition,and baggage came into Ballarat by Eureka.

References

  1. Wickham, D., Gervasoni, C. & Phillipson, W., Eureka Research Directory, Ballarat Heritage Services, 1999.
  2. From Tent To Parliament, Berry Anderson & Co., Ballarat, p12.
  3. Wickham, D., Gervasoni, C. & Phillipson, W., Eureka Research Directory, Ballarat Heritage Services, 1999.
  4. Email from J. Fawcett to C. Gervasoni, 28 November 2004.
  5. Email from J. Fawcett to C. Gervasoni, 28 November 2004.