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Major James Wallis (11 October 1785 – 12 July 1858) was an Anglo-Irish military officer who served in the 46th Regiment of Foot. Wallis saw service in Dominica, New South Wales, and India.
James Wallis. Died 1808. Wallis was commissioned lieutenant on 31 March 1779 and became the first lieutenant of the Boreas 28, Captain Horatio Nelson, in May 1784, in which role he was praised for thwarting attempts by disaffected merchants to serve writs upon his commander in a dispute over the Navigation Laws in the Leeward Islands during May ...
Captain James Wallis led his detachment towards Appin, in south-west Sydney. In the early hours on 17th April 1816, the cry of an Aboriginal child broke the silence of the night and alerted Wallis to the whereabouts of a group of sleeping men, women and children near the Cataract River.
Major James Wallis (11 October 1785 – 12 July 1858) was an Anglo-Irish military officer who served in the 46th Regiment of Foot. Wallis saw service in Dominica, New South Wales, and India.
Major James Wallis (11 October 1785 – 12 July 1858) was an Anglo-Irish military officer who served in the 46th Regiment of Foot. Wallis saw service in Dominica, New South Wales and India .
Two hundred years ago, under orders from Governor Macquarie, Captain WBG Schaw, Captain James Wallis and Lieutenant Charles Dawe of the 46th Regiment led expeditions against ‘hostile natives’ in the Nepean, Hawkesbury and Grose valleys and the Liverpool district.
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Dec 15, 2022 · A journal of Captain James Wallis of the 46th regiment kept during the attack shows the soldiers marched on the camp over the gorge of the Cataract River shortly after 1am on April 17.