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Claremont Pensioner Guard Village October 2010 and July 2011 EPG Gazette
| Name | CLARK/CLARKE – Charles |
|---|---|
| Regiment (s) | 40th Regiment |
| Regiment Number (s) | 572 |
| Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation | 17th October 1827 / 22 years / Queens Square London Middlesex England Servant |
| Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars | 5 Ft 8 in Dark / Hazel / Dark / None |
| Overseas Service/Duration | East Indies -10 years 160 days Lower and Upper Scinde (Balochistan and Afghanistan) – 3 years 324 days |
| Length of Service | 17 years 301 days |
| Rank/Date/Place of Discharge | Private / 12 August 1845 / Chatham Kent England |
| Campaign Medals | Soldiers of the 40th Regiment receive either the Candahar Ghiznee medal or the Ghuznee Cabul medal 1842 (1st Afghan War) |
| Intended Residence at Discharge | London England |
| Pension Districts | 1845 South London 1847 Western London 1847 South London 1848 Oxford 1848 Plymouth 1849 Woolwich 1850-1882 Western Australia |
| Pension Paid | 9d per diem 1875 increased to 1/3 per diem for service to Enrolled Force |
| Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland | 4th March 1850 Portsmouth Hampshire England |
| Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia | SCINDIAN 1st June 1850 |
| Date/Place of Birth | Westminster Middlesex England |
| Date/Place of Baptism | c1805 St Margaret’s Westminster Middlesex England |
| 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 | Single |
| Date/Place of Marriage | Not applicable |
| Children by 1st Wife | Not applicable |
| Land Grants Western Australia | 11th September 1850 assigned Swan Location (Freshwater Bay) P 239 of 9 acres 2 roods and P 258 of 2 roods 18th August 1857 Application Fee Simple Title 1104 Applied for Title of Freshwater Bay Location P258 |
| Occupation after Arrival | Assistant Overseer Toodyay Depot: Left service December 1852 17th November 1851-24th December 1852 |
| Newspaper Articles | Perth Gazette 14th June 1850 arrival of the Scindian |
| Departure from Western Australia | Not applicable |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial | 24th May 1882 Mt Eliza Depot Perth Western Australia 24th May 1882 Church of England Section East Perth Cemeteries Western Australia |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife | Not yet known |
| Will or Probate | None known |
| Further Information | British Army Worldwide Index 1841 Charles Clarke 572 40th Foot location Quettah Bombay Discharge due to chronic rheumatism “18th February 1850 Captain Tulloch Maintenance of wife of 40th P G Charles Clarke. She is to be turned out of barracks and not permitted to embark with the Force. You will inform her that as a separation has taken place in consequence of her own misconduct no allowance will be made to her out of her husband’s pension such cases forming an exception by Act of Parliament to the general rule on the subject.” AJCO Reel 1300 WO4 285 Folio 267 After the arrival of the Scindian at Fremantle Captain Henderson wrote a report listing the rank name, trade or calling, rate of pension, date of enlistment for 5 months service, marital status, and number of children for each pensioner. Sometimes the trade of calling differed from that recorded at the time of attestation. Private Charles Clark, light porter, 9d, 21st January, single |