CAMPBELL – John 42nd Regiment and Rifle Brigade 2nd Battalion

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Name	CAMPBELL – John
Regiment (s)	42nd Regiment and Rifle Brigade 2nd Battalion
Regiment Number (s)	1048
Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation	23rd May 1825 / 18 years / Glasgow Lanark Scotland Carpenter
Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars	6 Ft 0 in Fair / Grey / Brown / None
Overseas Service/Duration	Gibraltar – 6 years 2 months Malta – 2 years 9 months Corfu – 2 years 6 months Bermuda – 10 months North America – 3 years 9 months
Length of Service	21 years 91 days
Rank/Date/Place of Discharge	Private / 8th September 1846 / Chatham Kent England
Campaign Medals	None
Intended Residence at Discharge	Not yet known
Pension Districts	1846 2nd Glasgow 1850 2nd Manchester 1851 Western Australia 1860 Ceylon
Pension Paid	1/0d per diem
Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland	16th July 1851 Plymouth England
Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia	MINDEN 14th October 1851
Date/Place of Birth	c1807 Barony Glasgow Lanark 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	BRYCE Mary B 1822 Scotland
Date/Place of Marriage	Not yet known
Children by 1^st Wife	Jane/ Jean Ann B c1833 Not yet known M LEWER Robert 1852 M BURNS Robert 1874 Roebourne WA D 1886 age 53 all unknown John B c1838 Portsmouth Hampshire Christina B c1843 Bermuda (British Subject) James B July 1851 at sea Minden D 27th September 1851 at sea Archibald B 1855 York Western Australia Colin B 1857 York Western Australia Alexander Sinclair B 1859 York Western Australia Norman Angus B 1859 York Western Australia M HABERMAN Sarah Anne 31 December 1885 Queensland D 6 July 1938 Bundaberg Queensland Bur Bundaberg Cemetery
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	York P11 4 acres Assigned 20th November 1852 Title Application 13th May 1859 Title 1661
Occupation after Arrival	Not yet known
Newspaper Articles	The Bundaberg Mail and Burnett Advertiser Friday 31 January 1908 page 3 Mention of Mr A Campbell master at the Royal College Colombo.
Departure from Western Australia	1860 to Ceylon
Date/Place of Death/Burial	3rd February 1862 Colombo Ceylon
Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife	Not yet known
Will or Probate	None known
Further Information	In the 1851 Census John and Mary are living at No 7 Griffiths Building at Salford, Manchester. Mary’s sister Agnes is also visiting them and living at the same address is James and Margaret Bryce who appear to be Mary’s brother and his wife and family. 17 July 1854 together with Richard Connelly and John Kairey John Campbell wrote to the Colonial Secretary regarding their cottages being without doors and windows for some time making them damp. (SROWA CSR Cons 36 Volume 303/107) In a newspaper article Norman talks about visiting his brother in Colombo, Ceylon who was a master at the Royal College. The Outward Passengers Victoria has a Mr Campbell, age 24, leaving Melbourne on the Ship Bombay on 26 October 1862 for Ceylon.