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| Name | MALLETT – Richard |
|---|---|
| Regiment (s) | Royal Artillery 11th Brigade |
| Regiment Number (s) | 8766 |
| Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation | 6th September 1848 / 21 years 6 months / Devonport Devon England Miner |
| Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars | 5 Ft 8½ in Sallow / Grey / Brown / Wound on right wrist |
| Overseas Service/Duration | Turkey and Crimea – 11 months |
| Length of Service | 6 years 308 days |
| Rank/Date/Place of Discharge | Gunner and Driver / 10th July 1855 / Woolwich Kent England |
| Campaign Medals | Crimean Medal with clasp for Inkerman Crimea Turkish Medal |
| Intended Residence at Discharge | Not yet known |
| Pension Districts | 1855 3rd Plymouth 1856 2nd Plymouth 1856-1857 Western Australia 1857 South Australia 1858 -1888 Victoria |
| Pension Paid | 8d |
| Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland | 5th June 1856 Plymouth England |
| Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia | RUNNYMEDE 7th September 1856 |
| Date/Place of Birth | c1827 Liskeard Cornwall England |
| 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 |
| 1st Wife Date of Birth or Baptism | Not yet known |
| Date/Place of Marriage | Not yet known |
| Children by 1st Wife | Not yet known |
| 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 | Adelaide Observer 7 March 1857 page 5 Passenger list of the New Perseverance |
| Departure from Western Australia | 28th January 1857 to South Australia per New Perseverance 1858 to Victoria |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial | 28 January 1888 Mansfield Hospital Victoria |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife | Not yet known |
| Will or Probate | None known |
| Further Information | Discharge due to injury to right wrist caused by a Minie bullet while serving in the trenches before Sebastopol. Followed by fever difficulty in breathing and a slight cough In the 1851 Census Richard Mallett age 24 Single born Liskard (sic) Cornwall gunner & driver is living at the Bovisand Battery at Plymstock, Devon England |