Lot 2103

Description

New Zealand Medal, undated. 298 Pte P Gregory 68 / Foot. Engraved in the style of early issues to men of British Regiments discharged in New Zealand. Very fine.

Ex I.S.Wright (Australia) 1996. Sold with photographs of memorial plaque and grave. Peter Gregory enlisted in the 68th Regiment on 22 March 1858 and after service in Burma (no medal entitlement) arrived in New Zealand aboard 'Armenian' on 23 January 1864. Private Gregory saw active service at Gate Pa and Te Ranga on 29 April 1864 and later at Te Ranga in June of that year. He purchased his discharge from the 68th Regiment at Otahuhu Camp, Auckland on 10 March 1866. He settled in Auckland and in later life became a resident of Ranfurly War Veteran's Home in Mount Eden. He died at the Home on 28 April 1914 (almost 50 years to the day after Gate Pa) aged 75 and is buried at the Home's cemetery plot at Waikaraka Park Cemetery, Onehunga. Gregory's name appears on Ranfurly's Roll of 'Defenders of the Empire' 1902 and confirms this as his sole medal entitlement. He was awarded an undated medal. Undated medals were awarded to men no longer serving with the Regiment with whom they had won the medal.