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Heaphy was born at London, England, in 1821, and was 42 years old when
the action for which he was awarded The Victoria Cross took place.
The citation from the London Gazette dated 8 February 1867 reads:
"For his gallant conduct at the skirmish on the banks of the Mangapiko River, Waikato, New Zealand, on February 11, 1864, in assisting a wounded soldier of the 40th Regiment, who had fallen into a hollow among the thickest of the concealed Maoris."
He died at Toowong, Australia, on 3 August, 1881 and is buried at Toowong Cemetery, near Brisbane, Australia.
His Victoria Cross is held at the Auckland War Memorial Museum, Auckland, New Zealand.
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