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| Name | HAYTER – Thomas |
|---|---|
| Regiment | Royal Marine Portsmouth 2nd Division |
| Regiment Number | 6245 |
| Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation | 10th December 1838/labourer |
| Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars | 5ft 11 ins/Fair/Grey/Brown/none |
| Overseas Service/Duration | 10 years 4 months 23 days Afloat and at Foreign stations 2 years 9 months 25 days On shore UK Ships: Britannia, Stromboli and Rodney, St. Vincent, Vernon, Powerful |
| Length of Service | 13 Years 2 months 18 days |
| Rank/Date/Place of Discharge | Private 27th February 1852 |
| Campaign Medals | None known |
| Intended Residence at Discharge | Not known |
| Pension Districts | 1852 Salisbury 1854 Southampton Cancelled 1854-1856 Salisbury 1856 Plymouth |
| Pension Paid | £9/4/0 |
| Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland | Possibly the Runnymede from Plymouth 5th June 1856; or Possibly the Clara from London 19th March 1857 |
| Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia | Possibly the Runnymede 7th September 1856; or Possibly the Clara 10th July 1857 |
| Date/Place of Birth | 1815 Tisbury near Shaftsbury, Wiltshire, England |
| Date/Place of Baptism | Not yet known |
| Father Date/Place of Birth | HAYTER Thomas (he was an excise officer) |
| Mother Date/Place of Birth Marriage | Not yet known |
| Siblings | Not yet known |
| 1st Wife Date of Birth or Baptism | MULLINS Mary b c1818 Tisbury, Wiltshire, England D 27th April 1856 at Fovant Wiltshire |
| Date/Place of Marriage | 26th September 1847 St. George Fovant, Wiltshire, England |
| Children of 1st Wife’s previous marriage | Christianna b 1843 Tisbury, Wiltshire England born and baptised Tisbury as Christianna Mullins |
| Children of 1st Wife | Joseph b 1856 Baptised 25 or 29 March 1856 Fovant, Wiltshire, England Died 1 April 1856 Fovant, Wiltshire, England |
| Father of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth | Not yet known |
| Mother of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth Marriage | Not yet known |
| Land Grants Western Australia | Not applicable |
| Occupation after Arrival | Not yet known |
| Newspaper Articles | Inquirer and Commercial News Wednesday 9th June 1858 page 4 Thomas Hayter donated one shilling to the Indian Relief Fund |
| Departure from Western Australia | |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial | 19th November 1874 Western Australia Buried East Perth Cemetery |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife | Not yet known |
| Will or Probate | None known |
| Further Information | While serving on the Powerful Thomas’s wife is recorded as Mary and the date of his marriage, also his father’s name and occupation. Discharge due to Phthisis and palpitations contracted in the service. Invalided to Haslar hospital 21st February 1852 discharge per Admiralty order dated 25th February 1852. In the 1851 Census Thomas age 36, born at Wardour Wiltshire was on furlough from the Royal Marines. He was living at Fovant, Wilton, Wiltshire with his wife Mary age 33, a dressmaker, born Tisbury Wiltshire as was his step-daughter Christianna age 7. We do not know if Christianna accompanied Thomas to Western Australia as there is no further mention of her in Australia. Thomas died of consumption. |