A WAR-WORN VETERAN.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1344, 17 September 1886, Page 2

A WAR-WORN VETERAN.

Wemjsgtox, September 16, The first claim to he considered by the Old Soldiers Commission will be that of Thomas Moody, formally Sergeant in the Imperial farces. This veteran who is sixty years old, has had a career of exceptional interest. Ue enlisted in the Indian Army in 1843, and served for ten years He was present at the battles of Moodkce, Ferf zeshur, Sobraon, Bamnuggur, Ooillianwallah, and Gjojsrat, and received the Sutlej and- Punjaub medals. He then volunteered into the 13th Light Dragoons for the Crimean War, and took part npt only in the operations along the Danube, but in the battles of-Alma, Inkermau, Tchernaya, and other engage, raenta. He was in the “Charge of the Six Hundred,” and (hough wounded, was fortunate enough to be present at the crowning eposide of tho war, the fall ofSebastopol. These services procured him the Crimean medal with four clasps, the medal for distinguished conduct ia the field, and also the French and Turkish war medals. On parade at Portsmouth Moody was congratulated by the Qaoon on wearing more honors than any other man on parade that day. He then volunteered to the 3rd Dragoon Guards for India, and fought through the Mutiny until discharged on a pension of a shilling a day, on account of his wonnds, with another medal added to his already numerous decorations. -Notwithstanding his arduous experience of active warfare, Moody enlisted in Sydney, whither he had emigrated, when a call was made for soldiers to serveagainstthe Maoris in New Zealand, and was appointed to the 2nd Waikato Regiment. At the termination cf the Waikato war he received a grant of land in that diat-ict, which he quilted to join the forces on (he outbreak of the later Maori wats. He was present at a number of engagements in various parts of the North Island, and, in all, served twelve years in the colonial forces. The veteran trooper has now pr;fered a claim to have his original grant (which, in some way, he seems to have lost) restored to him.