CUTHBERT – William 97th Regiment – Enrolled Pensioner Force WA

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Name	CUTHBERT – William
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 1852 Tilbury Fort 1852-1854 Western Australia 1854-1878 Victoria
Pension Paid	1/0d per diem
Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland	4th May, 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
1^st Wife Date of Birth or Baptism	REID Jane B 4th May 1811 Leith Midlothian Scotland bap 20th May 1811 South Leith Midlothian Scotland
Date/Place of Marriage	Not yet known
Children by 1^st 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 Jane Cuthbert, aged 47 and daughter Harriet age 6, departed Adelaide 6th October 1854 for Melbourne on the Fergus, the ship having put into Adelaide on the journey from Perth to Melbourne to replenish food supplies. Arrived Melbourne 13th October 1854.
Date/Place of Death/Burial	12th February 1878 Chewton 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 In the 1851 Census William Cuthbert is living with his wife Jane 47 born North Leith Scotland and daughters Jane 5 born England and Herioit (Harriet) 4 born Fife Scotland at 22 Water Lane Leith, Midlothian, Scotland 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.