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| Name | COLTON (COTTON) – William |
|---|---|
| Regiment (s) | Royal Artillery 5th Battery |
| Regiment No (s) | 3772 |
| Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation | 16th June 1853 / 18 years 6 months / 16th December 1853 / 18 years 6 months / Stockport Cheshire England Labourer |
| Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars | 5 Ft 10¼ in Fresh / Hazel / Sandy / Wound on left thigh |
| Overseas Service/Duration | Crimea – 9 months |
| Length of Service | 2 years 178 days |
| Rank/Date/Place of Discharge | Gunner and Driver / 10th June 1856 / Woolwich England |
| Campaign Medals | Crimean War Medal with Sebastopol clasp and Turkish Crimean Medal |
| Intended Residence at Discharge | Not yet known |
| Pension Districts | 1856 Woolwich 1856 Enniskillen 1859 Omagh 1863 2nd Glasgow 1863 Omagh 1864 Paisley 1867 2nd Dublin 1867 Tilbury Fort 1868 Western Australia 1870- Victoria 1873 New South Wales 1873 – 1887 Victoria |
| Pension Paid | 8d per diem |
| Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland | 12th October 1867 Portland England |
| Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia | HOUGOUMONT 9th January 1868 |
| Date/Place of Birth | c1835 Drumhairn Fermanagh Ireland (now Northern Ireland) |
| 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 | DUFF Mary (Josephine) Bp 23rd July 1837 Greenock Scotland Father John DUFF Mother Janet McKIRDY |
| Date/Place of Marriage | c1867 Greenock Scotland |
| Children by 1st Wife | None by 1870 |
| Land Grants Western Australia | None |
| Occupation after Arrival | Not yet known |
| Newspaper Articles | The Express Wednesday 28th September 1870 page 2 Passenger list Bungarie The Age Wednesday 29th June 1887 page 1 Death notice William |
| Departure from Western Australia | 27th September 1870 to Victoria Australia per Bungarie |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial | 28 June 1887, Richmond Victoria (Thomas William Colton) |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial –Wife | 1914 Northcote Victoria |
| Will or Probate | None Located |
| Further Information | Discharge: Severely wounded in the trenches before Sebastopol 12th August 1853(sic) by a piece of shell that struck him in the side and back of the left thigh inflecting a severe wound. Unable to walk without pain. On 1st June 1873 William Colton applied to the Staff Officer at Sydney to transfer his pension payment to Melbourne because he wished to reside there. A Mary Josine Colton died at Northcote, Victoria 1914 her father was John Duff, mother Jane Mackiedy. |