SMITH, Ezra
1843 - 1927 (84 years)-
Name SMITH, Ezra Birth 19 Jul 1843 Auckland 
[1, 2] - There is a photo in Stowers, p. 252, of a man about sixty, with rifle and with the New Zealand medal.
Gender Male Military Service 1863 Hunua Ranges Forest Ranges 11 August - 10 November 1863
Private. Earlier served Wairoa Rifle Volunteers.
New Zealand Medal named to Forest Rangers. Medal claim dated 16 May 1873.
Application states "Address: Post Office, Auckland. Corps: Captain Jackson's Forest Rangers 3 months. Field service: 3 months in the field through the Hunua Ranges about October 1863. Undr fire at Lusk's Farm, Mauku [Lusk's Clearing, 8 September 1863]. Remarks: Names of immediate commanding officers: Major Jackson, Major von Tempsky, Ensign Hary." Medal claim: AD32/4147; AD36/3/2191.
(Raewyn)- "Von Tempksy and the Forest Ranges" by Richard Stowers - biographical information for Ezra Smith.
Roll of men who have made applications for the New Zealand War Medal appears in the AJHRs:
Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1873 Session I, H-16a
http://www.atojs.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/atojs?a=d&cl=search&d=AJHR1873-I.2.3.3.19&srpos=1&e=--1871---1873--10--1------0smith--
Occupation Abt 1866 Farmer, carrier, carpente Reference Number 1288 Death 11 Aug 1927 Gisborne [3] - BDM online Ref 1927/6503
Person ID I1288 Main Tree Last Modified 5 May 2018
Father SMITH, Benjamin, b. 29 Mar 1813, Longcot, Berkshire, England d. 27 Sep 1867, Travellers Rest, South Wairoa. (Ardmore.) (Age 54 years) Mother NEAVY, Martha, b. 01 May 1815, Woolwich, London d. 26 Jan 1891, Auckland (Age 75 years) Marriage 19 Jan 1837 Kangaroo Island, South Australia [4] Family ID F132 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family PLUSH, Maria Marriage 08 May 1866 St Pauls Church, Auckland Children + 1. SMITH, Walter Henry, b. 12 Jan 1868 d. 1943 (Age 74 years) 2. SMITH, Alice Margaret, b. 1871 d. 1888 (Age 17 years) + 3. SMITH, Rosalie Amy Jane, b. 1872, Gisborne d. 27 Apr 1960, Gosford, Australia (Age 88 years)4. SMITH, Francis William, b. 1873 5. SMITH, Jessie Ellen, b. 1875 6. SMITH, Alfred Ezra, b. 1877 7. SMITH, Alexander James, b. 1878 d. 1881 (Age 3 years) 8. SMITH, Herbert Owen, b. 1880 + 9. SMITH, Percy James, b. 16 Oct 1882 d. 1967 (Age 84 years) 10. SMITH, Charles Benjamin, b. 1885 Family ID F555 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 13 Dec 2018
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Notes - Settled in Gisborne. - Morrison p. 4. p. 70. Five sons, two daughters living at the time of his death. Bee has a list ofchildren, but very like the chns names for his brother Peter.
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