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Name | CUTHBERT – William |
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Regiment (s) | 97th Regiment |
Regiment Number (s) | 230 |
Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation | 23rd April 1824 / 17 years / Edinburgh Scotland Tailor |
Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars | 5 Ft 6 in Fair / Grey / Fair / None |
Overseas Service/Duration | East Indies – 11 years 26 days Mediterranean – 6 years 39 days |
Length of Service | 21 years 175 days |
Rank/Date/Place of Discharge | Private / 10th August 1847 / Chatham Kent England |
Campaign Medals | None |
Intended Residence at Discharge | Edinburgh Scotland |
Pension Districts | 1847 2nd Edinburgh 1853 Tilbury Fort 1852-1854 Western Australia 1854-1878 Victoria |
Pension Paid | 1/0d per diem |
Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland | Departed May 3, 1852 from Plymouth, England |
Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia | WILLIAM JARDINE 1st August 1852 |
Date/Place of Birth | c1807 Golspie Sutherland Scotland |
Date/Place of Baptism | Not yet known |
Father Date/Place of Birth | CUTHBERT Joseph Not yet known |
Mother Date/Place of Birth Marriage | UNKNOWN Jane Not yet known |
Siblings | Not yet known |
1st Wife Date of Birth or Baptism | REID Jane c1810 Leith Midlothian Scotland bap 20th May 1811 South Leith Midlothian Scotland |
Date/Place of Marriage | Not yet known |
Children by 1st Wife | Jane B c1846 England Herioit B c1847 Fife Scotland |
Father of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth | REID David Not yet known |
Mother of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth Marriage | DAVIDSON Gray Not yet known |
Land Grants Western Australia | None |
Occupation after Arrival | 4th November 1852 appointed Assistant Warder Convict Establishment. Resigned 26th September 1853 |
Newspaper Articles | South Australian Register 13th July 1854 page 2 Arrival of the Daphne in SA |
Departure from Western Australia | 1854 left Colony without permission for Victoria pension stopped William Cuthbert and 1 child departed Fremantle 30th June 1854 for Adelaide SA per Daphne William appears to have travelled to Tasmania as he sailed from Hobart to Melbourne on 7th December 1855 on the Fenella – alone |
Date/Place of Death/Burial | 12th February 1878 Victoria Australia Not yet known |
Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife | Not yet known |
Will or Probate | None known |
Further Information | British Army Worldwide Index 1841 William Cuthbert 230 Private 97th Regt Location Corfu Discharge due to being worn out and subject to Dyspnoea on exertion Pension paid in WA to 30 March 1854 it was reinstated 12th March 1858, at the time there was £67/10/0 owing on his passage-this may have been to the Colony as he would have forfeited the right to have a free passage when he deserted. In the 1851 Census William Cuthbert is living with his wife Jane and daughters Jane and Herioit. |