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| Name | COSS – John |
|---|---|
| Regiment (s) | 21st and 24th Regiment |
| Regiment Number (s) | 646 – 21st Regiment 2923 – 24th Regiment |
| Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation | 4th May 1827 / 18 years / Maryborough Queens Ireland Weaver |
| Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars | 5 Ft 8 in Fresh / Blue / Fair / None |
| Overseas Service/Duration | Van Diemen’s Land – 6 years 6 months East Indies – 12 years 5 months |
| Length of Service | 24 Years 362 days 21st foot 3 May 1827-31 October 1847 24th Foot 1 November 1847-22 June 1852 Corporal 10 February 1842-18 May 1843 |
| Rank/Date/Place of Discharge | Private / 22nd June 1852 / Chatham Kent England |
| Campaign Medals | None |
| Intended Residence at Discharge | Mountrath Queens Ireland |
| Pension Districts | 1852 Maryborough 1852 Leeds 1853 Halifax 1854 1st Plymouth 1855-1857 Western Australia 1857-1896 Tasmania |
| Pension Paid | 1/2d per diem |
| Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland | 5th February 1855 Plymouth England via Cape of Good Hope |
| Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia | STAG 23rd May 1855 |
| Date/Place of Birth | c1809 Clonenagh Queens 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 | WALSH Ellen or Elana or Hellena c1807 Not yet known |
| Date/Place of Marriage | Not yet known |
| Children by 1st Wife | Maria B 1835 Hobart Tasmania bap 9th September 1834 Hobart Tasmania M HOLLAND Edward 15th July 1851 Wizeerabad, Bengal (Lance Corporal 24th regiment) D 20th October 1860 Ferozepore, Bengal, India Bridget B 1836 Hobart Tasmania M DURRANT Edward 27th August 1849 Agra India D 17th December 1901 Roorkee Bengal India Ann B 3rd October 1842 India bap 19th October 1842 Dinapore India William B 1844 Kamptee India D 11st August 1846 Agra India bur Agra India John B 7th April 1847 India bap 25th April 1847 Cawnpore Bengal India D 5th July 1847 Cawnpore India bur Cawnpore India Margaret B 2nd September 1848 Agra India bap 12th September 1848 Agra India M 1st WINZENBERG Ernest 2nd June 1885 St. Andrew Hobart Tasmania M 2nd KERRISON Henry Albert 20th December 1898 Lyell Tasmania D 21st February 1918 Hobart, Tasmania formerly of Devonport |
| 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 | None |
| Occupation after Arrival | Policeman in Tasmania |
| Newspaper Articles | Inquirer and Commercial News Wednesday 15th October 1856 – page 3 The Tasmanian Daily News Tuesday 20th October 1857 – page 2 The Mercury Hobart Monday 28th December 1891 – page 1 The Mercury Hobart Saturday 18th July 1896 – page |
| Departure from Western Australia | 12th October 1856 per “Frances” (Ellen COSS) |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial | 11th July 1896 Macquarie Street Hobart Tasmania Not yet known |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife | 27th December 1891 Bathurst Street Hobart Tasmania Cornelian Bay Cemetery Tasmania |
| Will or Probate | None known |
| Further Information | Unfit for further service due to being worn out from long service. 1841 British Army Worldwide index John Coss, 646, Private 21 foot location Dinapore, Bengal, India 1851 British Army Worldwide index John Coss, 2923/646 21st , 24th , Private, Location Wazirabad, Pakistan Timeline for 1st Battalion 21st regiment 1827-1847 1827 Embarked for England from West Indies, arrived Isle of Wight, marched to Windsor and furnished the duties at the castle. 1828 Removed from Windsor to Portsmouth, marched to Bath and thence to Bristol, embarked for Ireland 1831 Marched to Dublin – embarked for England 1832 Removed to Chatham 1833 Embarked for NSW, by detachment as Guards over convicts 1839 Embarked from Hobart town for the East Indies, arrived at Calcutta 1840 Removed to Dinapore 1843 Marched to Kamptee 1846 Removed to Agra 1847 Removed to Cawnpore, thense to Calcutta. 1848 Embarked for England. Those in the ranks were open to volunteering to other regiments. Page 31 of The Historical Records and Regimental memoir of The Regimental Scots Fusiliers by James Clark. AJCP reel 466/87 part 2 Folio 233 Proceedings of a Court of Inquiry into complaints by the wives of the Pensioner Guard on the Stag into the conduct of the Super Intendent Surgeon Caldwell. Not mentioned. |