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| Name | DULSTON /DUNSON / DULSTONE – John |
|---|---|
| Regiment (s) | 80th Regiment |
| Regiment Number (s) | 434 |
| Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation | 30th August 1823 / 17 years / Wolverhampton Stafford England Labourer |
| Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars | 5 Ft 5¾ in Dark / Hazel / Dark Brown / None |
| Overseas Service/Duration | Mediterranean – 7 years New South Wales Australia – 6 years 2 months |
| Length of Service | 18 years 333 days |
| Rank/Date/Place of Discharge | Private / 25th July 1843 / Chatham Kent England |
| Campaign Medals | None |
| Intended Residence at Discharge | Birmingham England |
| Pension Districts | 1843 Wolverhampton 1850-1854 Western Australia 1854-1871 South Australia |
| Pension Paid | 11d per diem |
| Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland | 4th March 1850 Portsmouth Hampshire England |
| Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia | SCINDIAN 1st June 1850 |
| Date/Place of Birth | 3rd November 1806 Shifnal Shropshire England |
| Date/Place of Baptism | 7th December 1806 Shifnall Shropshire England |
| Father Date/Place of Birth | DULSTONE John Not yet known |
| Mother Date/Place of Birth | UNKNOWN Sarah Not yet known |
| Siblings | Not yet known |
| 1st Wife Date of Birth or Baptism | LANE Fanny (Ann) 1797 Wolverhampton England Bp 31st January 1796 St. Peters, Wolverhampton, England |
| Date/Place of Marriage | 4th February 1850 Saints Peter and Paul Milton-next Gravesend Kent England |
| Children by 1st Wife | None known |
| Father of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth | LANE Thomas |
| Mother of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth Marriage | UNKNOWN Sarah |
| Land Grants Western Australia | Not applicable |
| Occupation after Arrival | 10th April 1854 Sworn in as Police constable |
| Newspaper Articles | South Australian Register 1st December 1854 page 2 -arrival of Hamlet in South Australia South Australian Register 30th October 1871 page 5 – death notice |
| Departure from Western Australia | 14th November 1854 left for South Australia per Hamlet – pension paid in South Australia until December 1871 |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial | 29th October 1871 at his residence on North-Eastern Road Hampstead Adelaide South Australia Not yet known |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife | Ann Dalston (sic) died 3rd July 1887 Adelaide SA age 90 years |
| Will or Probate | None known |
| Further Information | British Army, Worldwide Index 1841 John Dulston 434 80th Regt location Parramatta, New South Wales Discharge due to general debility and worn out. After the arrival of the Scindian at Fremantle Captain Henderson wrote a report listing the rank name, trade or calling, rate of pension, date of enlistment for 5 months service, marital status, and number of children for each pensioner. Sometimes the trade of calling differed from that recorded at the time of attestation: Private John Dulston, general labourer, 11d, 17th January, married. In 1852 John Dulston in Toodyay applied for one weeks leave so that he could walk from Toodyay to Perth to visit his sick wife, however Captain Bruce made inquiries and found she was not seriously ill and refused the request. Dulston defied the order and Bruce had him struck off. In 1858 John Dulston of Walkerville together with many other unemployed men advertised their services for hire as labourers, farm servants and shepherds. (SA Advertise 28th September 1858 page 2) An inquest was held into John Dulston’s death and although he was in a very emaciated state it was found he died of natural causes. Ann Dalston (sic) was admitted to the (Royal) Adelaide hospital 10th June 1872 age 76. She said she was married, Church of England and living at Gillies Plains, she had been born in Wolverhampton England had been 23 years in the Colony and had arrived on the Scindia (sic). Ann Dalston (sic) died at the Destitute Asylum on 3rd July 1887 from senile decay. |