Post by Kiwi Frontline on Jul 5, 2016 17:18:42 GMT 12
CALL TO HALT RETIREMENT HOME PLANS UNTIL MORE IS KNOWN ABOUT WAR GRAVES
The battle took place on the morning of May 16, 1846, after a Maori raiding party attacked a British military outpost. Six British soldiers were killed and two died later from their wounds. The soldiers were buried locally but nobody knows where. There is no reliable account of Maori casualties.
Historian Ewan Morris by the memorial at High St. Botilcott, to those killed during the Battle of Boulcott's Farm. Morris is fighting for the names of Maori victims to be included….
www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/81647785/Call-to-halt-retirement-home-plans-until-more-is-known-about-war-graves
The battle took place on the morning of May 16, 1846, after a Maori raiding party attacked a British military outpost. Six British soldiers were killed and two died later from their wounds. The soldiers were buried locally but nobody knows where. There is no reliable account of Maori casualties.
Historian Ewan Morris by the memorial at High St. Botilcott, to those killed during the Battle of Boulcott's Farm. Morris is fighting for the names of Maori victims to be included….
www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/81647785/Call-to-halt-retirement-home-plans-until-more-is-known-about-war-graves