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| Name | CAMPBELL – George |
|---|---|
| Regiment (s) | Royal Artillery 8th 2nd and 8th Battalion |
| Regiment Number (s) | – |
| Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation | 2nd October 1828 / 17 years / Edinburgh Scotland Sawyer |
| Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars | 5 Ft 7½ in Sallow / Blue / Brown / None |
| Overseas Service/Duration | Mauritius – 10 years 9 months Malta – 3 years 11 months |
| Length of Service | 21 years 190 days |
| Rank/Date/Place of Discharge | Gunner and Driver / 8th April 1851 / Woolwich Kent England |
| Campaign Medals | None |
| Intended Residence at Discharge | Not yet known |
| Pension Districts | 1851 2nd Glasgow 1852-1876 Western Australia 1876 2nd Glasgow |
| Pension Paid | 1/0d per diem |
| Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland | 4th May, 1852 from Plymouth, England |
| Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia | WILLIAM JARDINE 1st August 1852 |
| Date/Place of Birth | c1811 Stromness Orkney Scotland |
| Date/Place of Baptism | 10th April 1811 Stromness Orkney Scotland |
| Father Date/Place of Birth | CAMPBELL Joseph Not yet known |
| Mother Date/Place of Birth Marriage | MUNRO Margaret Not yet known |
| Siblings | Not yet known |
| 1st Wife Date of Birth or Baptism | MURRAY or McMURRAY Jane 1824 Woolwich Kent England |
| Date/Place of Marriage | Not yet known |
| Children by 1st Wife | George B 1848 Malta Margaret Jane B 1850 Malta M FLANAGAN John 8th February 1875 Albany Western Australia (son of EPG Richard Flanagan 87th Regiment – William Hammond.) D May 1899 Fremantle Western Australia Jess B 1853 Western Australia Mary Ann B 28th June 1855 Fremantle Western Australia bap 1855 Fremantle Western Australia M BARRON Thomas Mark Patrick 1871 Church of England Albany Western Australia D 1st September 1929 Subiaco Western Australia Alexander B 1857 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 | Albany Title deeds assigned to individuals 30 Ovober 1867, granted Albany Town Lot 200 |
| Occupation after Arrival | Gaoler Albany Pension of £33/5/- per annum awarded 1 February 1876 |
| Newspaper Articles | The Albany Advertiser Tuesday 10th September 1929 page 2 Death of Mary Ann Barron |
| Departure from Western Australia | 1st January 1876 to Glasgow Scotland |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial | Not yet known. Returned to Scotland 1876 |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife | 1st November 1857 Western Australia Wesleyan Section East Perth Cemeteries Western Australia (Headstone) |
| Will or Probate | None known |
| Further Information | British Army Worldwide Index 1841 Location Mauritius 1851 Location Woolwich Discharge due to varicose veins and chronic rheumatism In the 1851 Census HO 107/1588/8 Back of Hill Street (Adams Buildings) Woolwich Kent George Cambell(sic) age 39 Royal Artillery born Scotland is living with his wife Jane aged 27 born Woolwich Kent and their two children George born Malta 1848 and Margaret born Malta 1850 both children are British subjects In 1881 George Campbell aged 69 a widower and late gunner of Artillery born Stromness Orkney was a boarder in the home of David and Elizabeth Hosie at William street Glasgow, Lanarkshire Scotland |