# Joseph Hamley

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Major-General **Joseph Osbertus Hamley** (25 September 1820 – 5 July 1911) was a [British Army](/source/British_Army) officer who administered the New Zealand station of the British Army [Military Store Department](/source/Military_Stores_Department_(New_Zealand)) during the [New Zealand Wars](/source/New_Zealand_Wars).[4][5]

Hamley was the second son of Joseph Hamley, coroner of [Bodmin Cornwall](/source/Bodmin) and joined the Sydney, New South Wales Office of the [Board of Ordnance](/source/Board_of_Ordnance) in 1838. Taking up the position of Assistant Storekeeper of the Wellington Office of the Board of Ordnance in 1847, Hamley saw service in the [Wanganui Campaign](/source/Wanganui_Campaign) of 1847. By 1859 the Military Store Department had replaced the Board of Ordnance, with Hamley in charge of the New Zealand station. Based at [Fort Britomart](/source/Point_Britomart) in Auckland, Hamley supervised supervise the Departments operations over the course of the New Zealand Wars from 1860 to 1870.[1] Following the withdraw of Imperial Forces from New Zealand, except of the Imperial officer remaining to pay pensioners, Hamley was one of the last remaining Imperial Officers in New Zealand.[6]

Returning to England in 1870, Hamley was appointed in charge of Gun Wharf at Chatham, followed by postings to the [War Office](/source/War_Office), Dover and [Aldershot](/source/Aldershot). Hamley retired after fifty years of service (thirty-two overseas) with the honorary rank of Major General. Hamley died in London on 5 July 1911.

## References

1. Platts, Una (1980). ["Hamley, Joseph Osbertus C.B. 1820–1911"](http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-PlaNine-t1-body-d1-d534.html). *Nineteenth Century New Zealand Artists: A Guide & Handbook*. Christchurch: Avon Fine Prints. p. 177. – via NZETC.

1. ["War Office, May 20, 1871"](https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/23739/page/2474). *The London Gazette*. No. 23739. 20 May 1871. p. 2474.

1. Noonans (1999). ["Auction: Lot No. 806; The Langham Collection of Medals to the Royal Army Ordnance Corps, 17 September 1999"](https://www.noonans.co.uk/auctions/archive/special-collections/412/50461/?sort=Hammer&offset=0). *Noonans*

1. McKie, Robert (2019-01-31). ["Military Store Department in New Zealand 1857-1870"](https://rnzaoc.com/2019/02/01/military-stores-department-in-new-zealand-1857-1870/). *To the Warrior his Arms*. Retrieved 2019-06-13.

1. "Obituary: Major-General J. O. Hamley". *The Times*. 7 July 1911. p. 11.

1. ["Projected Departure of Mr Hamley"](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WI18700709.2.21). *The Wellington Independent*. Vol. 25, no. 3017. 9 July 1870. p. 5.

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