George Augustus Bennett
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Captain George Augustus Bennett was an English military engineer of the Corps of Royal Engineers, Board of Ordnance. He served in Corfu, on the Ordnance Survey of Ireland, as Commanding Royal Engineer
The New-Zealand Festival, 11 May 1844. Artist: Joseph Jenner Merrett
Mountjoy House, Phoenix Park, Dublin
Fort Britomart, soldiers' barracks and the Waitematā Harbour from St Paul's Church, Auckland, 1842. Artist: Joseph Jenner Merrett
Ōtūmoetai Pā, Tauranga, 1842–43. Bennett's plan and section
Battle of Kororāreka
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The Battle of Kororāreka, or the Burning of Kororāreka, on 11 March 1845, was an engagement of the Flagstaff War in New Zealand. Following the establishment of British control of the islands, war brok
Hōne Heke removing the British colors from Flagstaff Hill in Kororāreka
Wood fragments said to be from the flagstaff cut down by Hōne Heke. Auckland War Memorial Museum
Russell (Kororāreka) from the bay, 24 January 2018
A memorial in Russell for the men of HMS Hazard who died in the battle