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| Name | ANDERSON – Thomas |
|---|---|
| Regiment (s) | 44th Regiment |
| Regiment Number (s) | 3059 |
| Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation | 2nd October 1846 / 17 years 6 months / Lisburn Antrim Ireland Labourer |
| Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars | 5 Ft 6 in Fair / Fair / Blue / None |
| Overseas Service/Duration | Malta – 2 years 11 months Gibraltar – 2 years 11 months Malta – 1 month Turkey – 4 months Crimea 14th September 1854-15th November 1855 |
| Length of Service | 9 years 63 days |
| Rank/Date/Place of Discharge | Corporal / 3rd June 1856 / Chatham Kent England |
| Campaign Medals | Crimean Medal with clasp for Sebastopol |
| Intended Residence at Discharge | Lurgan Armagh Ireland |
| Pension Districts | 1856 – Newry 1860 – 1864 – 2nd Belfast 1864 Tilbury September 1864 – 1875 – Western Australia |
| Pension Paid | 1/3d per diem at discharge: refused increase 22nd February 1859: recommended for increase of pension to 2/0d per diem from 7th March 1907 |
| Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland | 1st July 1864 Portland Dorset England |
| Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia | MERCHANTMAN 12th September 1864 |
| Date/Place of Birth | 2nd April 1829 Seagio (Seagoe) Armagh Ireland |
| Date/Place of Baptism | Not yet known |
| Father Date/Place of Birth | ANDERSON William Not yet known |
| Mother Date/Place of Birth Marriage | Not yet known |
| Siblings | Not yet known |
| 1st Wife Date of Birth or Baptism | SMYTHE Jane Eliza B 1839 |
| Date/Place of Marriage | 25th April 1857 Seagoe Armagh Ireland |
| Children by 1st Wife | Anna Maud Estelle B 1859 Ireland M PHIPPS (Abraham) George 1881 Albany Western Australia D 1955 Blackwood Western Australia Emily Jane B 29th August 1860 Ireland M HAMMERSLEY George 2nd November 1880 Greenough Western Australia D 12th September 1933 Kalamunda WA bur Anglican Section Karrakatta Cemetery Western Australia William Smythe B 12th April 1864 Lurgan Armagh Ireland M CONNOLLY Emily 24th October 1900 Greenough Western Australia D 3rd July 1953 Geraldton Western Australia bur Methodist Section Utakarra Cemetery Geraldton Western AustraliaMary A. B 1865 Murchison Western Australia M BROWNING Alfred 1881 Greenough Western Australia D 17th October 1940 age 77 Midland Junction Western Australia bur Wesleyan section Karrakatta Cemetery Perth Western AustraliaThomas James B 29th December 1866 Geraldton Western Australia M SMITH Alice 17th April 1895 Geraldton Western Australia D 2nd December 1950 Geraldton Western Australia bur Methodist Section Utakarra Cemetery Geraldton Western Australia Adam Averil B 1868 Northampton Western Australia D c1940 Western Australia Martha Alexandra B 1871 Greenough Western Australia D 4th February 1872 (aged 11 months) Greenough Western Australia bur Greenough Cemetery Western Australia Frederick George B 27th July 1872 Greenough Western Australia M CRIDDLE Selena 13th August 1894 Greenough Western Australia D 22nd April 1946 Greenough Western Australia bur Methodist Section Greenough Cemetery Western Australia Mirian Elizabeth B 1874 Greenough Western Australia D 1874 Western Australia Evelyn Gertrude B 1878 Greenough Western Australia D 6th November 1878 Greenough Western Australia bur Greenough Cemetery Western Australia |
| Father of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth | SMYTHE William Not yet known |
| Mother of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth Marriage | Not yet known |
| Land Grants Western Australia | None known |
| Occupation after Arrival | Police Constable (Greenough) Lock-up Keeper (Greenough) Farmer |
| Newspaper Articles | Geraldton Express 8th July 1907 – page 3 (Obit.) The West Australian 30th September 1954 Geraldton Guardian 21st April 2010 – page 2 |
| Departure from Western Australia | Not applicable |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial | 6th July 1907 Greenough Western Australia Wesleyan section Greenough Old Cemetery Western Australia |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife | 1st February 1915 Greenough Western Australia Methodist section Greenough Cemetery Western Australia |
| Will or Probate | None known |
| Further Information | Farmed at Georgina on the back flats of Greenough Western Australia Wife Jane paid as “Female Searcher” (of prisoners at the Greenough Lock-up) Discharge due to a gunshot wound on 18th June 1855 during an attack on the Redan. There was “Considerable deformity of the left humerus after gunshot fracture above the condyle, forearm slightly contracted, also flesh wound lower right side of chest, ball afterwards being cut out midway between anterior superior spinous process of the ilium and the navel.” During the voyage of the Merchantman Thomas Anderson was a sergeant of the Guard, his conduct rated by the Surgeon Superintendent was very good. He was accompanied by his wife Jane E and children Anna, Emily Jane and William. |