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| Name | PILCHER / PELCHER – William |
|---|---|
| Regiment (s) | 50th Regiment |
| Regiment Number (s) | 1239 |
| Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation | 1st December 1839 / 19 years / no place given Shoemaker |
| Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars | 5 Ft 7¼ in Fresh / Hazel / Light Brown / None |
| Overseas Service/Duration | New South Wales – 1 year 103 days East Indies – 7 years 26 days |
| Length of Service | 10 Years 117 days |
| Rank/Date/Place of Discharge | Sergeant / 27th March 1849 / Chatham Kent England |
| Campaign Medals | Bronze Star for action at Punniar Sutlej with clasps |
| Intended Residence at Discharge | Manchester England |
| Pension Districts | 1849 2nd Manchester 1849 Tilbury 1849 New Zealand 1860 Canterbury 1861 1st Dublin 1862 2nd West London 1862 Tilbury 1862-1864 Western Australia 1864-1885 South Australia |
| Pension Paid | 1/3d per diem |
| Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland | 8th October 1862 Portland England |
| Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia | YORK 31st December 1862 |
| Date/Place of Birth | 10th September 1819 St. Mary’s Dover Kent England |
| Date/Place of Baptism | 8th October 1819 St. Mary the Virgin Dover Kent England |
| Father Date/Place of Birth | PILCHER Henry Richard Not yet known |
| Mother Date/Place of Birth Marriage Death | MORFORD Kitty or Catherine c1792 Not Yet Known 20th October 1812 Folkestone Kent England 16th February 1861 Folkestone Kent England |
| Siblings | Thomas bap 3rd March 1822 Weybourne Norfolk England Henry Richard B 15th February 1824 Norfolk England bap 14th March 1824 Norfolk England George Betts bap 27th September 1835 Norwich Norfolk England Harriet Elizabeth bap 16th September 1838 Norwich Norfolk England |
| 1st Wife Date of Birth or Baptism | UNKNOWN Sarah 1818 Dublin Ireland |
| Date/Place of Marriage | Not yet known |
| Children by 1st Wife | Sarah B 1851 New Zealand William John B 1852 (deduced) possibly NZ M COFFY (Coffee) Bridget Maria 11th July 1875 St Ignatius Adelaide South Australia D 11th September 1934 Adelaide South Australia |
| Father of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth | Not yet known |
| Mother of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth Marriage | Not yet known |
| 2nd Wife Date of Birth or Baptism | LAWSON Hannah 1833 / Not yet known |
| Date/Place of Marriage | 31st December 1875 Port Augusta South Australia |
| Children by 2nd Wife | Not yet known |
| Father of 2nd wife Date/Place of Birth | HUNTER William Not yet known |
| Mother of 2nd wife Date/Place of Birth Marriage | Not yet known |
| Land Grants Western Australia | None |
| Occupation after Arrival | Not yet known |
| Newspaper Articles | South Australian Advertiser Thursday 2nd January 1868 – page 3 – son William PILCHER throwing stones South Australian Register – Monday 12th April 1869 – page 3 – son William PILCHER was assaulted South Australian Register Friday 6th May 1870 – page 4 – William PILCHER assignment The Express and Telegraph – Wednesday 21st November 1883 – page 2 – William PILCHER – hero South Australian Weekly Chronicle 24th November 1883 – page 13 (better Copy) The Advertiser – Friday 14th September 1934 – page 24 – funeral William John PILCHER |
| Departure from Western Australia | Not known , possibly on the “Gem” – pension paid Adelaide 1864-1879 |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial | 21st March 1885 Adelaide South Australia Not yet known |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial 1st Wife | 16th November 1873 Adelaide South Australia Not yet known |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial 2nd Wife | Possibly – PELCHER Elizabeth 26th August 1899 Port Augusta South Australia Not yet known |
| Will or Probate | None known |
| Further Information | 1841 British Army World Wide Index shows William with 50th at sea Calcutta India Discharge: Reduction in Army. Gunshot wound to the right hand received at Ferozeshah 21 December 1845 destroying the tendons of the middle and ring fingers which prevents his closing the hand and consequently making him unfit to perform the ordinary duties of a soldier. In the June 1853 New Zealand Census 1853 William Pelcher was living at Onehunga, Auckland at the pensioner settlements. His occupation was shoemaker and his qualification was ‘freehold estate’. Sarah Pilcher was admitted to the (Royal) Adelaide hospital on the 6th October 1869, she was a married woman a Roman Catholic residing Wakefield St., a housewife, born Dublin Ireland, and had been 6 years in the Colony, arriving on the Gem (from Perth). A possible marriage: Sarah Elizabeth Pitcher married James Potter on 12th June 1872 at the Wesleyan Parsonage Port Adelaide, father Sargent Pitcher. She died 13th February 1907 age 67 at Parkside the widow of James Potter |