| Places | |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | 3DRL/1639 |
| Collection type | Private Record |
| Record type | Collection |
| Measurement | Extent: .5 cm; Wallet/s: 1 |
| Object type | Papers |
| Maker |
Hendy-Pooley, George |
| Place made | Australia |
| Date made | c 1913 |
| Access | Open |
| Related File This file can be copied or viewed via the Memorial’s Reading Room. | AWM315 419/046/002 |
| Conflict |
China, 1900-1901 (Boxer Uprising) |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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| Copying Provisions | Copyright restrictions apply. Only personal, non-commercial, research and study use permitted. Permission of copyright holder required for any commercial use and/or reproduction. |
Hendy-Pooley, George (Captain)
Description
Collection relating to the Second Opium War and Morant Bay Rebellion services of Captain George Hendy-Pooley, British Army, China and Jamaica, 1860 and 1865.
Wallet one consists of two documents. The first document consists of Hendy-Pooley’s recollections of the Third Battle of Taku Forts at Kowloon in 1860. In the document he discusses the preparations for the battle, his embarkation on the Transport “Malabar”, his frustration at being called upon to continuously act as a translator for the ships French captain and crew, and his disappointment at the cooking on the ship. He writes “Cormorants shot by the chief officer formed our staple fare at the dinner table- Roast, boiled and stewed cormorant ragout, in fact cormorant in every disguise of cookery”. Throughout the document Hendy-Pooley frequently refers to enemy combatants as “tartars”, after the Eurocentric geo-historical region. Additionally, Hendy-Pooley describes the order of battle, and describes the actions for which Lieutenants Robert Rogers, Edmund Lenon, and Nathaniel Burslem were awarded Victoria Crosses.
The second document consists of Hendy-Pooley’s recollections of Field Marshall Garnet Wolseley written after Wolseley’s death in 1913, in which he recalls the Field Marshall fondly.
Wallet two contains an account of the Morant Bay Rebellion in Jamaica, 1865. The account appears to be a combination of second-hand information about events for which he was not present, received and reiterated by Hendy-Pooley, in combination with his own recollections of his experiences during the rebellion.