BURNS – William Honourable East India Company Bengal Artillery

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HEIC – Painting of
Battle of Ferozeshah 1845

Name	BURNS – William
Regiment (s)	Honourable East India Company Bengal Artillery
Regiment Number (s)	620
Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation	11th April 1846 / 23 years / Edinburgh Scotland Gardener
Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars	5 Ft 8¼ in Fresh / Brown / Brown / None
Overseas Service/Duration	HEIC 20th July 1846 embarked per Bangalore for India (L/MIL/9/101) 1862 returned from India ship unknown
Length of Service	17 years 6 months
Rank/Date/Place of Discharge	Private/Gunner / 16 July 1862 / not stated
Campaign Medals	Not yet known
Intended Residence at Discharge	Galloway Scotland
Pension Districts	1862 2^nd Glasgow 1863 Tilbury 1863 -1864 Western Australia 1864 -1870 South Australia 1871-1875 New Zealand 1875-1879 Victoria 1879 New South Wales
Pension Paid	9d 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 Wigtown Galloway Scotland
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	Did not marry
Date/Place of Marriage	Not applicable
Children by 1^st Wife	Not applicable
Land Grants Western Australia	Not applicable
Occupation after Arrival	Not yet known
Newspaper Articles	South Australian Register Wednesday 12 October 1864 – page 2 (arrival in South Australia)
Departure from Western Australia	October 1864 William Burns left Western Australia on the Rangatira for South Australia
Date/Place of Death/Burial	Not yet known
Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife	Not applicable
Will or Probate	None known
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