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| Name | CALDWELL/COLDWELL – James |
|---|---|
| Regiment (s) | 57th Regiment |
| Regiment Number (s) | 295 |
| Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation | 5th August 1824 / 16 years / Manchester Lancashire England Silk Weaver |
| Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars | 5 Ft 6 ½ in Fair / Blue Eyes / Light Brown / None |
| Overseas Service/Duration | New South Wales Australia – 5 years 3 months East Indies – 15 years 4 months |
| Length of Service | 21 years 8 days |
| Rank/Date/Place of Discharge | Corporal /10 August 1847 / Chatham Kent England |
| Campaign Medals | None |
| Intended Residence at Discharge | Manchester Lancashire England |
| Pension Districts | 1847 Stockport 1849 2nd Manchester District 1850-1857 Western Australia 1857-1862 Melbourne Victoria Australia 1862-1865 Western Australia 1866- 1872 Victoria Sept Qtr 1872 Bengal India 1873 London W 1873-1874 In Patient Royal Chelsea hospital 1874 West London and Stafford (Newcastle-under-Lyme) 1875-1877 Melbourne |
| Pension Paid | 1/3½d per diem |
| 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 | 1808 Manchester Lancashire England |
| Date/Place of Baptism | Not yet known |
| Father Date/Place of Birth | CALDWELL James |
| Mother Date/Place of Birth Marriage | STRETCH Letitia |
| Siblings | Not yet known |
| 1st Wife Date of Birth or Baptism | Captain Henderson recorded him as being married Not yet known |
| 2nd Wife Date of Birth or Baptism | COLGAN Margaret B 1843 |
| Date/Place of Marriage | 1862 Victoria |
| Children by 1st /2nd Wife | Not yet known |
| Father of 2nd Wife Date/Place of Birth | Not yet known |
| Mother of 2nd Wife Date/Place of Birth Marriage | Not yet known |
| Land Grants Western Australia | None |
| Occupation after Arrival | Street Keeper (Constable) Perth October 1850-December 1850 Night Warder Convict Establishment 13th June 1851 dismissed 6th August 1853 1855 2nd Master of Perth Boys’ School (Erickson) also newspaper Custodian and Librarian Mechanics Institute – music teacher Conductor Perth Philharmonic Society Band Master Volunteers Band |
| Newspaper Articles | Perth Gazette 14 June 1850 arrival of Scindian |
| Departure from Western Australia | 1857 15th August to Melbourne per City of Palaces 1862 10th November returned to WA per Tein Tsin 1865 11th September 1865 per Clarence Packet 1872 to India 1873 to United Kingdom West London and Stafford 1875 returned to Melbourne |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial | 12th June 1877 aged 68 years in Victoria |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife | Not yet known |
| Will or Probate | None known |
| Further Information | British Army Worldwide Index 1841 James Coldwell (sic) 295 Corporal 57th Foot location Fort St George Trichinopoly Madras Discharge due to being worn out After the arrival of the Scindian at Fremantle Captain Henderson wrote a report listing the rank name, trade or calling, rate of pension, date of enlistment for 5 months service, marital status, and number of children for each pensioner. Sometimes the trade of calling differed from that recorded at the time of attestation. Corporal James Caldwell, clerk, 1/3 ½ , 21st January, married James Caldwell was an inpatient of Royal Chelsea hospital from 1st December 1873 to 1st August 1874 when he left to join his wife in Australia. When he was admitted as an In-patient James said he had left his wife provided for in Australia Margaret Caldwell married John Smart 1879 Victoria died 1915 Geelong Victoria. Her father was Patrick Colgan and mother Honor O’Neill |