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| Name | BENTLEY – John |
|---|---|
| Regiment (s) | 28th Regiment |
| Regiment Number (s) | 2187 |
| Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation | 29th December 1843 / 18 years / Tullamore Kings County Ireland Labourer |
| Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars | 5 Ft 7 in Fair / Blue / Light / Ulcer on left leg |
| Overseas Service/Duration | East Indies – 3 years 98 days Malta – 42 days Turkey and Crimea – 1 year 14 days |
| Length of Service | 17 years 138 days |
| Rank/Date/Place of Discharge | Private / 24th April 1861 / Fermoy Ireland |
| Campaign Medals | Crimean Medal with Alma Inkerman and Sebastopol clasps Turkish Crimean Medal |
| Intended Residence at Discharge | Stratford Essex England |
| Pension Districts | 1861 1st Manchester 1862 Tilbury 1862-1871 Western Australia |
| Pension Paid | 8d per diem |
| Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland | 8th October 1862 Portland England |
| Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia | YORK 31st December 1862 |
| Date/Place of Birth | 1825 Lynally Tullamore Kings County 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 | BRYANT Anna Louise Maria 1837 Ireland |
| Date/Place of Marriage | 1861 Not yet known |
| Children by 1st Wife | Mary Ellen B 2nd June 1863 Fremantle Western Australia M BATT David 1877 Perth Western Australia D 1st September 1944 Tambellup Western Australia William B 1865 Western Australia bap 12th February 1866 Fremantle Western Australia bur 15th February 1866 (3 months) Church of England Section East Perth Cemeteries Western Australia John bap 5th May 1867 (mother Maria) Western Australia Anne Eliza B 12th September 1869 Fremantle Western Australia D 4th September 1956 South Perth Western Australia bur Anglican Section Karrakatta Cemetery Western Australia |
| Father of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth | BRYANT George Not yet known |
| Mother of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth Marriage | Not yet known |
| 2nd Husband of Wife | BATT Joseph |
| Date/Place of Marriage | 1872 Fremantle Western Australia |
| Children by 2nd Husband | Not yet known |
| Occupation after Arrival | Not yet known |
| Newspaper Articles | Perth Gazette and West Australian Times Friday 19th January 1872 – page 3 – Anna gave evidence re Joseph BATT supplying alcohol unlawfully at Serpentine The Australian Perth – Saturday 2nd September 1922 – page 1 – death of Anna BATT West Australian 2nd September 1944 – page 1 – death of Mary Ellen BATT |
| Departure from Western Australia | Not Applicable |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial | 5th March 1871 Pensioner Barracks Perth Western Australia Church of England Section East Perth Cemeteries Perth Western Australia |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife | 31st August 1922 Perth Western Australia Anglican Section Karrakatta Cemetery Western Australia |
| Will or Probate | None known |
| Further Information | 1851 British Army Worldwide Index – shows John with 28th at Manchester England 1861 British Army Worldwide Index – shows John with 28th at Fermoy Ireland Discharge due to ‘Ulcus cruris (chronic) the result partly of Military Service and of constitutional infirmity. Suffers from a chronic ulcer of left leg. The veins are varicose. He stated that he received a blow on the same leg from a hand spike on the Crimea while on duty in a Battery. Is unfit for further Military service.’ 1851 Census: (HO 107/2224) Salford Manchester Public institution Barracks – John Bentley, U, Soldier, 25, Private 25th, born Kings, Tullamore 1861 Census (RG 9/435/91/39 Barracks Farnborough Hampshire, England (John is with the 29th regiment) John a Soldier (private) age 34, a married man born Ireland Ann, his wife age 19 born Ireland John, his son, age 6 months, born Aldershot Hampshire England |