Military
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 Davidson, Samuel Davis, Thomas Dawson, Thomas Denny, John Donegan, John Donohoe, James Dow, John Doward, Peter Dowd, Thomas Downs, John Drury, John Duke, Frederick Dutton, William Earl, John Egan, Adam Ferguson, John Finn, Patrick Flynn, Daniel Flynn, Joseph Forsyth, William French, George Fuller, Timothy Galvin, Alfred Geates, Henry Goddard, Thomas Grant, Robert Grant, Robert Griffin, Bryan Grimstone, William Grimstone, Charles Haddon, Henry Hall, William Hall, George Harding, John Hare, Richard Hargreaves, David Hawthorne, George Hayman, John Hearn, Thomas Hogan, John Hurstwaite, Thomas Husband, James Huxley, William Hustable, Finniess Ing, James Jeffrey, William Jewell, Robert Jones, Francis Keefe, Thomas Keen, John Kempt, George Littlehales, William Queade, William Revell, Garret Shanahan, John Thomas, William Webb, George Wood
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
About an hour afterwards a detachment of the 12th regiment, with arms, ammunition,and baggage came into Ballarat by Eureka.References
- ↑ Wickham, D., Gervasoni, C. & Phillipson, W., Eureka Research Directory, Ballarat Heritage Services, 1999.
- ↑ From Tent To Parliament, Berry Anderson & Co., Ballarat, p12.
- ↑ Wickham, D., Gervasoni, C. & Phillipson, W., Eureka Research Directory, Ballarat Heritage Services, 1999.
- ↑ Email from J. Fawcett to C. Gervasoni, 28 November 2004.
- ↑ Email from J. Fawcett to C. Gervasoni, 28 November 2004.