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Revision as of 13:10, 12 March 2013
Background
Two regiments of the British Army were involved in the Eureka Stockade. They were the 12th Regiment and the 40th Regiment.
12th Regiment
The 12th (East Suffolk) Regiment
Robert Adair, George Arden, William Bird, Felix Boyle, John Egan, Henry Goddard, Henry Goddard, Richard Hargreaves, William Hustable, John Kempt, George Littlehales, Garret Shanahan, William Webb
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, Thomas Reed, Cornelius Sorrell, Thomas Valiant, Joseph Wall, Henry Wise