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| Name | BARRATT / BARRETT – Edward |
|---|---|
| Regiment (s) | 1st Foot Guards |
| Regiment Number (s) | 4589 |
| Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation | 16th October 1843 /20 years / Peterborough Northampton England Labourer |
| Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars | 5 Ft 8½ in Fresh / Grey / Brown / Musket wound to neck and scapula |
| Overseas Service/Duration | Turkey and Crimea (Army of the East) – 11 months |
| Length of Service | 13 years 13 days |
| Rank/Date/Place of Discharge | Private / 28th October 1856 / London England |
| Campaign Medals | Crimea War Medal with clasps for Alma Balaklava Inkermann and Sebastopol Turkish Crimea Medal |
| Intended Residence at Discharge | Huntingdonshire England |
| Pension Districts | 1856 Northampton England 1863-1864 Western Australia 1865-1874 South Australia |
| Pension Paid | 1/0d per diem |
| Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland | 23rd September 1863 Portland Dorset England |
| Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia | LORD DALHOUSIE 28th December 1863 |
| Date/Place of Birth | 1823 Little Gidding (shown as Gedden) Oundle Huntingdonshire England |
| Date/Place of Baptism | St John the Evangelist Little Gidding Huntingdonshire England |
| Father Date/Place of Birth | BARRETT Edward B 1790 Weldon Northampton England |
| Mother Date/Place of Birth Marriage | UNKNOWN Jane B 1792 Middlesex England Not yet known |
| Siblings | Mary B 1825 Little Gidding Huntingdonshire England Jesse B 1830 Little Gidding Huntingdonshire England John B 1833 Little Gidding Huntingdonshire England |
| 1st Wife Date of Birth or Baptism | NOBLE Sussana or Sussanah Bp 6th October 1833 Pilton Northamptonshire England (Nobles) B c1833 Pilton Northamptonshire England |
| Date/Place of Marriage | 6th February 1860 Pilton Northampton England |
| Children by 1st Wife | NOBLE William (son of Sussanah) B 1857 Oundle Northamptonshire England M WILLIAMS Sarah Ann (Alice in Death Notice) 12th December 1881 Residence of Reverend T.E. Keen Moonta Daly South Australia D 18th August 1915 Hectorville Norwood South Australia Albert B 1861 Oundle Northamptonshire England D 5th December 1894 Franklin Harbour Wallaroo Daly South Australia Edward B 12th May 1867 Reynella Morphett Vale South Australia M SLATER Jane 19th April 1892 Wesleyan Church Cleve Flinders South Australia D 18th February 1949 Goodwood South Australia John Francis (Frank) 24th December 1870 Reynella Adelaide South Australia D 12th December 1935 Northfield Port Adelaide South Australia (residence Broken Hill New South Wales) Walter B 23rd August 1873 Reynella Adelaide South Australia D 18th April 1874 Reynella Adelaide South Australia Walter Sidney B 16th January 1875 Reynella Morphett Vale South Australia M VORWERK Emma Amalie 3rd July 1899 residence of Hermann Lindner Krondorf Angaston South Australia D 6th March 1950 Magill Norwood South Australia |
| Father of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth | NOBLE William Not yet known |
| Mother of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth Marriage | UNKNOWN Lydia |
| 2nd Husband of Wife | HUBERT John Henry |
| Date/Place of Marriage | 28th July 1876 Christ Church O’Halloran Hill Adelaide |
| Children by 2nd Husband | None known |
| Land Grants Western Australia | None |
| Occupation after Arrival | Not yet known |
| Newspaper Articles | WA Times 4 August 1864 page 2 The Capture of prison escapee Graham single handedly by Pensioner Edward Barrett. “Enrolled Pensioner Barrett, who captured Graham, is a fine soldier like looking man of about 40 years of age. He was discharged in consequence of the gunshot wound in his neck.” He received a reward of five pounds. (AJCP reel 1642 Piece 138 part 2 folio 145.) SA Weekly Chronicle 12 November 1864 Arrival of the Europa from the Swan River with E. Barrett, wife and 3 children. Death Notices: William Noble Chronicle 21 August 1915 Walter Sidney Barratt Chronicle 9 March 1950 |
| Departure from Western Australia | 24th October 1864 to South Australia per “Europa” |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial | 11th December 1874 Reynella South Australia 13th December 1874 O’Halloran Hill Christ Church Cemetery South Australia |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife | Not yet known |
| Will or Probate | None known |
| Further Information | British Army Worldwide Index 1851 Edward Barrett(sic) 4589 private 1st Regt of Foot Guards (Grenadier) location London and Chichester Reason for Discharge: Reduction in Army. Wounded at Inkerman, unable to perform his duties due to a musket wound at the battle of Inkerman 5 November 1854. 1841 UK Census HO 107/450/15/2 The Village, Little Gedding, Huntingdonshire: Edward Barratt, 50, b1791, Ag Lab, Not born in County Jane Barratt, 45, b 1796, Not born in County Edward Barratt, 15, b 1826, Born Huntingdonshire Jesse Barratt, 11, born 1830 Born Huntingdonshire John Barratt, 9, b 1832, born Huntingdonshire UK Census 1851 Census HO107/1481/14/22 Infantry barracks, St. James Palace, Ambassador’s Court, St Martin-in-the-fields1856: Edward Barrett (sic) Unm, Private, Army, born Huntingdon, Little Gidding. 1861 Census RG09/961/124/30 Danford’s Yard, West Street, Oundle, Northamptonshire Edward Barrett(sic), head, Marr, 28, Pensioner, Born Little Gidding, Hunts. Susanna, wife, 23, born Northamptonshire, Pilton William Noble, Wife’s son, 4, scholar, born Norths, Pilton. Albert Barrett, Son, 3 months,born Norths Oundle. When Edward Barratt left Western Australia on the Europa in 1864 it said he was accompanied by his wife and 3 children one of whom could be Hubert B 3rd Qtr 1863 Leighton Buzzard Bedfordshire England mother Noble but there is no further reference to him in South Australia. |