ANDERSON – Francis 18th Regiment 1st and 2nd Battalion

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Name	ANDERSON – Francis
Regiment (s)	18th Regiment 1st and 2nd Battalion
Regiment Number (s)	1333 / 6
Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation	23rd March 1840 / 20 years / Castlebar Mayo Ireland Shoemaker
Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars	5 Ft 5½ in Sallow / Grey / Brown / None
Overseas Service/Duration	Bombay India – 262 days Bengal – 4 years 236 days China – 6 years 216 days Burma – 1 year 240 days
Length of Service	21 years 31 days
Rank/Date/Place of Discharge	Private / 6th August 1861 / Buttevant Cork Ireland
Campaign Medals	Medal for China and Burmah
Intended Residence at Discharge	Preston Lancashire England
Pension Districts	1861 Preston 1862 Bermuda (in transit) 1863-1867 Western Australia
Pension Paid	9d per diem
Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland	30th October 1862 Gravesend England (via Bermuda)
Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia	MERCHANTMAN 15th February 1863
Date/Place of Birth	c1820 Turlough Castlebar Mayo Ireland
Date/Place of Baptism	Not yet known
Father Date/Place of Birth	Not yet known
Mother Date/Place of Birth Marriage	Not yet known
Siblings	Not yet known
1^st Wife Date of Birth or Baptism	UNKNOWN Elizabeth or Catherine Not yet known
Date/Place of Marriage	Not yet known
Children by 1^st Wife	Robert Francis B c1856 Not yet known M 1st MEALIA Annie 1883 Fremantle Western Australia M 2nd DAVIS Martha Ferdinanda Not yet known D 26th December 1939 Wagin Western Australia bur Free Church Section Wagin Western Australia Elizabeth Ann B c1859 Not yet known M DRAKE Thomas 1873 Perth Western Australia D 14th August 1916 Maylands Western Australia
Land Grants Western Australia	None
Occupation after Arrival	Not yet known
Newspaper Articles	The West Australian Thursday 17th August 1916 page 1 Funeral notice Elizabeth Drake The Western Mail (Perth WA) Thursday 4th January 1940 Death of Robert Anderson
Departure from Western Australia	Not Applicable
Date/Place of Death/Burial	10th May 1867 Fremantle Western Australia St. Patrick’s Cemetery Fremantle Western Australia
Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife	Not yet known
Will or Probate	None known
Further Information	British Army Worldwide Index 1841 Francis Anderson 1333 Private 18th Foot Joined from Bombay location Hang Kong and Canton 1851 Francis Anderson 1333 Private 18th foot location Fort William Calcutta 1861 Francis Anderson 6 Private 18th Foot 2nd Batt Depot location Buttevant Discharge: At own request after 21 years’ service The Surgeon Superintendent of the Merchantman reported Mrs Anderson’s conduct was ‘good on the whole but a virago’ conduct of the children was good. Francis received medical treatment during the voyage, and rated a Very Good from the Surgeon Superintendent despite the following charges: 4th December 1862 Private Anderson neglecting to clear the mess table and was deprived of liquor for 2 days, 24th December he was absent from drawing rations and lost his liquor for 7 days 26 July 1865 Pensioner Francis Anderson was charged with having 5 live fowls in his possession supposed to have been stolen from Dr. Attfield. ANDERSON denied the charge stating he was working in another Pensioners home making boots, which the other pensioner endorsed. The RM dismissed the case; Anderson had been on the Force for 2 years and bears a good character for honesty. 28 August 1865.