- Original list was taken from Papers Past
From the WELLINGTON INDEPENDENT dated 1st August 1863

- MILITIA DISTRICT ORDER
Wellington, 30th July 1863
The Officers of the Militia of this District are posted to Companies as follows:-

No 1 COMPANY - THORNDON FLAT COMPANY - FIRST CLASS
Captain James Coutts Crawford
Lieutenant John Knowles
Ensign Frederick Arnold Baker

No 2 COMPANY - GENERAL COMPANY - FIRST CLASS
Captain Stephen Carkeek
Lieutenant Alfred Hickson
Ensign Houston Francis Logan

No 3 COMPANY - TE ARO COMPANY - FIRST CLASS
Captain John Hugh Bethune
Lieutenant Robert Hunter
Ensign Frederick Hickson

No 4 COMPANY - TE ARO COMPANY - SECOND CLASS
Captain George Hunter
lieutenant Richard Septimus Ledger
Lieutenant Edward Pearce

No 5 COMPANY - THORNDON FLAT COMPANY - SECOND CLASS
Captain Charles William Schultze
lieutenant Samuel Deighton
Ensign Joseph Godfrey Holdsworth

No 6 COMPANY - CENTRAL COMPANY - SECOND CLASS
Captain William Robert Edmond Brown
Lieutenant John Tully
Ensign Joe Dransfield

No 7 COMPANY - RESERVE
Captain Charles Bonneythorn Boroise

KARORI COMPANY
Captain John Johnston
Lieutenant Walter Johnston
Ensign Richard Collins

PORIRUA COMPANY
Captain Edward Battershee
Lieutenant Chares Daniel de Castro
Ensign David Brown

UPPER HUTT COMPANY
Captain James Cruickshank
Lieutenant Pierce Cotter
Ensign Richard Barton, jun

TAITAI COMPANY
Captain William Beetham

LOWER HUTT COMPANY
Captain Alfred Ludlam
Ensign E. Riddiford

By order
JOHN S. KIRWAN,
Captain and Adjutant
Wellington Militia