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English-born soldier, businessman, local politician and writer from New Zealand

James Bodell (c. 1831 – 23 September 1892) was a New Zealand soldier, businessman, local politician and writer. He was born in Arnold, Nottinghamshire, England and was Mayor of Tauranga between 1888 and 1889.

Early life

The son of framework knitter William Bodell and his wife, Maria Margrom, James Bodell was baptized in Arnold – a town in the English ceremonial county of Nottinghamshire – on 3 July 1831. The family soon relocated to Leicester, a city around 30 miles (48 km) away, where Bodell attended school for three years.

Enlistment

Bodell enlisted in the 59th (2nd Nottinghamshire) Regiment of Foot in 1848, the year of a series of revolutions in Western and Central Europe.

Later life

Bodell served in the militia in Waikato from 1863 to 1866. He was briefly a photographer, in the 1870s.

His memoirs, edited by Sir Keith Sinclair, were published in 1982 as A Soldier’s View of Empire.

References

  1. ^ Keith Sinclair. "Bodell, James". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
  2. Payne, Brett (14 August 2015). "Tauranga Photographers: James Bodell". taurangahistorical.blogspot.com. Tauranga Historical Society. Archived from the original on 4 June 2020. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
  3. Sinclair, Keith, ed. (1982). A soldier's view of Empire: the reminiscences of James Bodell, 1831–92. London: The Bodley Head. ISBN 0370302249.

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