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Claremont Pensioner Guard Village October 2010 and July 2011 EPG Gazette
Name | BARRETT – John |
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Regiment (s) | 61st Regiment |
Regiment Number (s) | 362 |
Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation | 22nd April 1825 / 20 years / Limerick Ireland Clerk |
Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars | 5 Ft 7¼ in Fresh / Grey / Light / None |
Overseas Service/Duration | Ceylon – 11 years 6 months |
Length of Service | 21 years 249 days |
Rank/Date/Place of Discharge | Private / 22nd June 1847 / Chatham Kent England |
Campaign Medals | None |
Intended Residence at Discharge | London |
Pension Districts | 1847 1st London District 1850-1869 Western Australia |
Pension Paid | 1/0½d per diem Increased to 1/2d per diem 1857 Increased to 1/6d per diem totally blind |
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 | c1805 St. John’s Limerick Ireland |
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 | HALL Alice Not yet known |
Date/Place of Marriage | 29th November 1846 Northfleet St Botolph’s Gravesham Kent England |
Children by 1st Wife | Catherine B c1848 England Mary Ann B c1849 England M 1871 ALBERT Henry Fremantle Western Australia D 1880 Western Australia Ellen B 1855 Fremantle Western Australia M 1873 PONTEVIVO Dominic D c1883 Western Australia (murdered) |
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 | Assigned Locations P10 and P14 at Freshwater Bay |
Occupation after Arrival | Not yet known |
Newspaper Articles | |
Departure from Western Australia | Not applicable |
Date/Place of Death/Burial | 1869 Western Australia Not yet known |
Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife | Not yet known |
Will or Probate | None known |
Further Information | John Barrett was totally blind by 1857 |