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(contracted; show full)24; Collections Online - Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa|website=collections.tepapa.govt.nz}}</ref> He was appointed Lieutenant and Adjutant of the [[New Plymouth]] Militia and [[Taranaki]] Rifle Volunteers after retiring from military service in 1858. He was in the [[Battle of Waireka]], [[Huirangi]], [[Kaihihi]], [[Kaitake]] and rose in the ranks serving as second-in-command at [[Opotiki]] in 1865.<ref name=colonel/> Stapp received various medals<ref name=medal/> and was honored
  for his service. 

Early in his military career, he helped suppress the [[Chartism|Chartist]] riots.<ref name="esc"/> In 1843 he escorted convicts [[down under]] to [[Tasmania]] and then between areas in Australia. Stapp served in the British Army in New Zealand from 1845 until 1856.<ref name=medal>{{Cite web|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/taranaki-daily-news/news/111118208/taranaki-mans-historic-war-medals-go-under-auctioneers-hammer|title=Taranaki man's historic war medals go under(contracted; show full)d rights. Many were arrested and imprisoned without trials and had their farms destroyed (these events came after the [[First Taranaki War]] and [[Second Taranaki War]]). He retired as a Colonel.<ref name=colonel>{{Cite web|url=https://collection.pukeariki.com/persons/2251|title=Charles Stapp|website=Puke Ariki Museum Libraries Tourist Information Taranaki New Zealand}}</ref>

He married Emma Milner in 1859.<ref>Newport Rising</ref> They had one daughter.

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