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Octavius Lawes Woodthorpe Bousfield

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Identity

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  • Title
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    Octavius Lawes Woodthorpe AWMM
  • Surname
    Bousfield AWMM
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    Male AWMM
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Service

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    New Zealand Wars AWMM
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    Militia AWMM
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Training and Enlistment

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    New Zealand Wars Surveyor AWMM
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Embarkations

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Medical history

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Biographical information

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  • Brother of Bishop Bousfield of Pretoria. Served in the New Zealand Wars and took part in the campaigns against Pai Marire and Te Kooti in 1866. Thought to have designed Christ Church, Taita (1853-1854). Later editor of the Hawkes Bay Times newspaper and a member of the Hawkes Bay Provincial Council. AWMM

Death

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    19 May 1882 AWMM
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    Plot 86, MKB Block, Makaraka Cemetery, Makaraka, Gisborne AWMM
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