| 9 July 1866 William Gibson Private 1st Waikato Regt. drowned Opotiki 9 July 1866 33 years Papers Past : Daily Southern Cross 27 July 1866 p4 Jeni Palmer Nom Roll Waikato Regts | Inquest before Captn Leggett on 11 July 1866. Regt # 1402 enlisted 27 March 1866 Tauranga. Born Chester Eng. aged 33yrs 1 month. 5'4½" tall. sub for J Ibbetson. file says discharged 9 July 1866. |