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Assistant Surgeon Temple was born at Monaghan, County Monaghan, Ireland,
on 7 November 1833, and was 30 years old, and an Assistant Surgeon in the
Royal Regiment of Artillery, British Army, during the Waikato-Hauhau Maori
War, New Zealand, when the action for which he was awarded The Victoria Cross took place.
"On 20 November 1863 at Rangiriri, New Zealand, during an assault on the enemy's position, Assistant Surgeon Temple, together with another officer (Arthur Frederick Pickard) exposed themselves to imminent danger in crossing the entrance to the Maori keep at a point upon which the enemy were concentrating their fire, in order to render assistance to the wounded. Both officers showed great calmness under most trying circumstances."
Assistant Surgeon Temple later achieved the rank of Surgeon General in the Indian Army.
He died at Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England, on 13 February 1919, and is buried at Highland Road Cemetery, Portsmouth, England.
His Victoria Cross is not publicly held.
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