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Name | CAMERON – Hugh |
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Regiment (s) | Honourable East India Company 1st Madras Artillery and Royal Artillery 17th Battery |
Regiment Number (s) | 105 – Royal Artillery |
Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation | HEIC – 2nd October 1849 / 20 years / Glasgow Lanarkshire Scotland Royal Artillery – 2nd July 1861 / 32 years / Not yet known Groom |
Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars | 6 Ft 8 in Fresh / Grey / Fair / None |
Overseas Service/Duration | HEIC Royal Artillery – India – 4 years 314 days |
Length of Service | 21 years 80 days |
Rank/Date/Place of Discharge | HEIC – Gunner / 1st July 1861 / Not yet known Royal Artillery – Gunner / 18th May 1869 / Dover Kent England |
Campaign Medals | Not yet known |
Intended Residence at Discharge | Glasgow Lanarkshire Scotland |
Pension Districts | 1869 2nd Glasgow 1871-1892 Western Australia |
Pension Paid | 1/0d per diem 1887 Increased to 1/3½d per diem for service in Enrolled Force Western Australia |
Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland | 6th October 1870 London England |
Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia | STRATHMORE 29th January 1871 |
Date/Place of Birth | c1829 Kilmainock Ayr 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 |
1st Wife Date of Birth or Baptism | BALLANTYNE Agnes nee DAVIDSON c1835 Not yet known |
Date/Place of Marriage | Not yet known |
Children by 1st Wife | Agnes B 1871 Fremantle Western Australia M KNEALE John Benjamin 1889 Perth Western Australia D 17th July 1927 Perth Western Australia bur Presbyterian Section Karrakatta Cemetery Western Australia Robert B 1874 Fremantle Western Australia Robena Margaret B 1876 Fremantle Western Australia M 1st GREGOR James Henry 1895 Perth Western Australia M 2nd BELL Archibald Darque 1897 Perth Western Australia James Lawson B 1878 Fremantle Western Australia D 1898 Perth Western Australia bur Presbyterian Section East Perth Cemeteries Western Australia Alexander B 1880 Perth Western Australia |
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 | Perth Lot 269Y 1.0.7 acres |
Occupation after Arrival | Not yet known |
Newspaper Articles | Perth Gazette 3rd February 1871 – Shipping Intelligence |
Departure from Western Australia | Not Applicable |
Date/Place of Death/Burial | 29th January 1892 Perth Western Australia East Perth Cemeteries Western Australia |
Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife | Not yet known |
Will or Probate | None known |
Further Information | Shipping Intelligence newspaper 3rd February 1871 states “man and wife” arrived. |