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| Name | CANNON – John |
|---|---|
| Regiment (s) | 1st Life Guards |
| Regiment Number (s) | 534 |
| Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation | 3rd November 1834 / 19 years 11 months / Windsor Berkshire England Labourer |
| Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars | 6 Ft 0 in Fair / Blue / Brown / None |
| Overseas Service/Duration | None |
| Length of Service | 2 years 223 days |
| Rank/Date/Place of Discharge | Trooper / 13th June 1837 / Not yet known |
| Campaign Medals | None |
| Intended Residence at Discharge | None Stated |
| Pension Districts | 1854 Wales East 1854 Tilbury Fort 1854-1855 Western Australia 1855-1875 South Australia |
| Pension Paid | 6d per diem |
| Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland | 5th May 1854 Plymouth England via Gibraltar |
| Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia | RAMILLIES 7th August 1854 |
| Date/Place of Birth | c1814 Shalbourn Hungerford Wiltshire England |
| 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 | UNKNOWN Ann 1811 Wenvoe Glamorganshire Wales |
| Date/Place of Marriage | Not yet known |
| Children by 1st Wife | Jane b 1838 Bp 6 October 1838 St John the Baptist Cardiff Glamorganshire Wales M CHILMAN James 28 December 1865 Walleroo South Australia D 4 September 1881 Ridleyton Hindmarsh South Australia |
| Father of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth | Not yet known |
| Mother of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth Marriage | Not yet known |
| 2nd Wife Details | CHILMAN Mary Ann nee STRUGNELL (FATHER William) born 1823 M 15 October 1875/Presbyterian Manse Walleroo D 15 August 1903 age 80 Walleroo South Australia |
| Land Grants Western Australia | None |
| Occupation after Arrival | Not yet known |
| Newspaper Articles | Adelaide Times Wednesday 14 November 1855 page 2 Passenger list per Vivid The Kadina and Wallaroo Times Wednesday 31 July 1889 page 2 death notice John Cannon Chronicle Saturday 26 September 1903 page 25 death of Mary Ann Cannon |
| Departure from Western Australia | 1st November 1855 per Vivid for South Australia |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial | 14 July 1889/Walleroo Daly South Australia/Walleroo Cemetery South Australia |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial 1st Wife | 15 May 1871 age 64 Walleroo South Australia |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial 2nd Wife | 15th August 1903 age 80 Walleroo South Australia/ Walleroo Cemetery South Australia |
| Will or Probate | None known |
| Further Information | Discharge due to ruptures on both sides the left side was strangulated when working on duty as hayman in the stables at the Horse Guards There is a note on his WO 97 records that his pension was made permanent on 1st January 1845 although it does not state that the original pension was temporary. His pension was stopped in 1855 to repay £19/5/10 possibly passage money. In the 1841 Census John Cannon, a labourer, is living at Millicent Street Cardiff with Ann and Jane Cannon, both were born in the county while John was not. In the 1851 Census the family is living at Bridge Street in Cardiff. John is working as a watchman and his place of birth is given as Shalbourn Berkshire while his wife Ann was born Wenvoe Glamorganshire and daughter Jane now age 12 was born at Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales John, Ann and Mary Ann Cannon are all buried in the same grave in the Walleroo Cemetery |