FAIRBROTHER – Samuel 38th 31st and 29th Regiment

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Name	FAIRBROTHER – Samuel
Regiment (s)	38th 31st and 29th Regiment
Regiment Number (s)	-/972/ 2439
Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation	11th June 1825 / 17 years / Oldbury Stafford England Key Filer
Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars	5 Ft 2½ in Fresh / Hazel / Light Brown / SFB tattooed on left forearm
Overseas Service/Duration	East Indies – 21 years 3 months
Length of Service	21 years 137 days
Rank/Date/Place of Discharge	Private / 25 July 1848 / Chatham Kent England
Campaign Medals	None stated
Intended Residence at Discharge	West Bromwich Stafford England
Pension Districts	1848 Wolverhampton 1850-1857 Western Australia
Pension Paid	1/0d per diem
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	c1808 West Bromage (sic) Staffordshire 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
1^st Wife Date of Birth or Baptism	Not yet known
Date/Place of Marriage	Not yet known
Children by 1^st 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	20th September 1850 assigned Sub Lot P1 South Perth of 5 acres 31st December 1853 P1 South Perth resumed by Government
Occupation after Arrival	Not yet known
Newspaper Articles	Perth Gazette 14th June 1850 arrival of Scindian
Departure from Western Australia	Not applicable
Date/Place of Death/Burial	May 1857 “supposed to have perished in the bush in May” (note in pension record)
Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife	Not yet known
Will or Probate	None known
Further Information	Height 5 Ft 6 in on discharge paper British Army Worldwide Index 1841 Samuel Fairbrother 972 Private 31st Foot ex 38th location Agra Discharge due to general infirmity of body and loss of health 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 Samuel Fairbrother, general labourer, 1/-, 19th January, single. Samuel Fairbrother was one of the Scindian Pensioner assigned land at South Perth however due to the isolated location failure was inevitable, the land only being accessible by water. Captain Bruce tried to organise a timber cutting operation which was a dismal failure mainly due to the difficulty of transporting the timber by boat to Fremantle on a very capricious river.