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− | John Badcock was a constable at Ballarat, and was involved with the storming of the [[Eureka Stockade]] on 03 December 1854. in a witness statement he said he jumped over the stockade and saw [[Raffaello Carboni]] going round the corner of a tent. Badcock presented his firelock at him, but it missed fire. Badcock did not see him again until he was a prisoner. He was armed with something like a pike. Badcock also saw [[John Josephs]] and [[James Beattie]] prisoners about twenty paces outside the [[Eureka Stockade]]. | + | John Badcock was a constable at Ballarat, and was involved with the storming of the [[Eureka Stockade]] on 03 December 1854. in a witness statement he said he jumped over the stockade and saw [[Raffaello Carboni]] going round the corner of a tent. Badcock presented his firelock at him, but it missed fire. Badcock did not see him again until he was a prisoner. He was armed with something like a pike. Badcock also saw [[John Josephs]] and [[James Beattie]] prisoners about twenty paces outside the [[Eureka Stockade]]. <ref>''The Argus'', 11 December 1854.</ref> |
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==Post 1854 Experiences== | ==Post 1854 Experiences== |
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Contents
Background
Goldfields Involvement, 1854
John Badcock was a constable at Ballarat, and was involved with the storming of the Eureka Stockade on 03 December 1854. in a witness statement he said he jumped over the stockade and saw Raffaello Carboni going round the corner of a tent. Badcock presented his firelock at him, but it missed fire. Badcock did not see him again until he was a prisoner. He was armed with something like a pike. Badcock also saw John Josephs and James Beattie prisoners about twenty paces outside the Eureka Stockade. [1]
Post 1854 Experiences
See also
Further Reading
Blake, Gregory, To Pierce the Tyrant's Heart,Australian Military History Publications, 2009.
References
- ↑ The Argus, 11 December 1854.
External links