Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

New Zealand 1845-66, reverse undated (118. Chas. Draper, 12th Regt.) officially impressed naming, polished, otherwise nearly very fine £400-£500

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of New Zealand War Medals.

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Charles Draper was born at Sheldon, Birmingham, and enlisted into the 12th Regiment at Birmingham on 4 October 1858, aged 18, a labourer by trade. He embarked for Australia in April 1859 and in February 1861 was serving at Lambing Flat, where he was present with the first Detachment of the 12th Regiment to quell riots between European and Chinese gold miners between 11 March and 24 May 1861. He subsequently served with the regiment in New Zealand 1845 from October 1863 until the end of the war in 1866. Draper returned to the U.K. in September 1867 and was discharged at Bristol on 17 October 1868.

Sold with a detailed biography of his service in Australia and New Zealand.