CLARKE – John 72nd and 78th Regiment – Enrolled Pensioner Force WA

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Name	CLARKE – John
Regiment (s)	72nd and 78th Regiment
Regiment Number (s)	1189 / 1789
Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation	26th March 1839 / 18 years / Paisley Barracks Renfrewshire Scotland Baker
Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars	5 Ft 6½ in Fresh / Hazel / Light Brown / None
Overseas Service/Duration	East Indies – 7 years 2 months
Length of Service	11 years 24 days
Rank/Date/Place of Discharge	Sergeant / 9th July 1850 / Chatham Kent England
Campaign Medals	None
Intended Residence at Discharge	Portobello Edinburgh Scotland
Pension Districts	1850 1st Edinburgh 1850 2nd Edinburgh 1851-1854 Western Australia
Pension Paid	8d per diem 1854 pension not to be paid “quit Colony without permission”
Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland	13th March 1851 Portland England
Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia	PYRENEES 28th June 1851
Date/Place of Birth	c1821 Abbey Paisley Renfrewshire 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	UNKNOWN Mercy (tentative) c1819 Not yet known
Date/Place of Marriage	Not yet known
Children by 1^st Wife	Not yet known
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 on Albany Road Lot P2 3 acres
Occupation after Arrival	Not yet known
Newspaper Articles	Not yet known
Departure from Western Australia	Refer to comment in “Pension paid” and “Place of Death”
Date/Place of Death/Burial	3rd March 1854 at sea onboard steamship “Sydney” At sea.
Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife	17th March 1867 Albany Western Australia Not yet known
Will or Probate	None known
Further Information	British Army Worldwide Index 1841 John Clarke 1189 72nd Foot location Portsmouth Hampshire England Discharge due to general debility and emaciation due to repeated attacks of fever contracted from climate in Scinde 1844 1841 Census HO 107/412/10/4/5 Forehouse Barracks Portsmouth Hampshire John Clarke is a soldier of the 72nd regiment born Scotland John Clarke died 3rd March 1854 of consumption while at sea on the SS Sydney. The amount of money owing to him at his death was £42/6/8 which indicates he was employed on the ship but as he did not have a registration (seaman’s) number it looks as if he was employed as a cook or something similar. The money was sent to the Board of Trade to dispose of.