22 SARTEN

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John Sarten, eldest son of Edmund Sarten and Lucy Rodd Sarten, was 3 when the family arrived on the William Bryan in March 1841. On 17th March 1860, aged 22, he was fatally wounded during the attack on Te Kohia Pa (called the "L" Pa by the British) and became the first colonial soldier killed in the New Zealand Wars.

 

 

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MEMORY OF

JOHN E SARTEN

WHO FELL MORTALLY WOUNDED
IN THE ATTACK ON THE L PA
WAITARA 17TH MARCH 1860 AGED 22 YEARS

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THIS STONE IS ERECTED BY HIS COMRADES OF
TARANAKI MOUNTED VOLUNTEERS

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ALSO OF JOSEPH WHO WAS KILLED BY THE MAORIES
DEC 4TH 1860 AGED 16 YEARS

ALSO OF EDMUND
FATHER OF THE ABOVE
DIED AUGUST 21ST 1860 AGED 44 YEARS

 
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