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| Name | DUTTON – Joseph |
|---|---|
| Regiment (s) | 6th Battalion 3rd Brigade Royal Artillery |
| Regiment No (s) | 17457 |
| Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation | 6th Sep 1843 / 18 years / Chester Cheshire England Shoemaker |
| Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars | 5 Ft 11½ in Fresh / Hazel / Brown / None |
| Overseas Service/Duration | St. Helena – 8 years 3 months Turkey – 10 months Malta – 3 years 2 months |
| Length of Service | 21 years 33 days |
| Rank/Date/Place of Discharge | Corporal / 27th Dec 1864 / Woolwich England |
| Campaign Medals | Crimean War Medal with Sebastopol Clasp Turkish War Medal |
| Intended Residence at Discharge | 20 Red Lion Street Woolwich Kent England |
| Pension Districts | 1864 Woolwich 1864 Worcester 1866 Chester 1867 1st Liverpool 1867 Tilbury Fort 1868 Western Australia |
| Pension Paid | 1/3½d 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 | c1825 Farndon Cheshire England |
| Date/Place of Baptism | 17 April 1825/Farndon, Cheshire |
| Father Date/Place of Birth | George Dutton |
| Mother Date/Place of Birth Marriage | GARNER Grace 26 June 1820/Farndon, Cheshire |
| Siblings | Not yet known |
| 1st Wife Date of Birth or Baptism | HOPPER Mary nee SULLIVAN |
| Date/Place of Marriage | 1869 Fremantle Western Australia |
| Children by 1st Wife | Charles Joseph B 1869 Fremantle Western Australia D 2 February 1870 Fremantle Western Australia BUR Skinner Street Cemetery Fremantle (Duttan) Joseph B 1871 Fremantle Western Australia D 24 November 1894 WA Unnamed Male B 1873 Fremantle Western Australia D 1873 Fremantle Western Australia Mary B 1874 Fremantle Western Australia D 1874 Fremantle Western Australia |
| 1st Husband of Wife | HOPPER Martin (1825-1868) – 28th and 86th Regiment arrived VIMIERA 1865 |
| Date/Place of Marriage | 3 August 1859/ Waterford, Ireland |
| Children by 1st Husband | John or Joseph Hopper B 26 July 1863 Ireland |
| 3rd Husband of Wife | HEAP John |
| Date/Place of Marriage | 1881 Perth Western Australia |
| Children by 3rd Husband | Not yet known |
| Land Grants Western Australia | 29 September 1885 Mary Dutton applied for a Pensioner grant on behalf of her late husband Joseph, however, it was refused due to Joseph Dutton having forfeited his claim by being dismissed the Enrolled Pensioner Force |
| Occupation after Arrival | Not yet known |
| Newspaper Articles | The Western Australian Times Tuesday 28th May 1878 page 2 death and shipping news |
| Departure from Western Australia | Not Applicable |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial | 25th May 1878 Drowned – Fell overboard Annie Agnes near Rottnest Island |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial – Wife | 12th Aug 1908 Roman Catholic Section Karrakatta Cemetery Western Australia |
| Will or Probate | Cons 3458/1895/013 Joseph Dutton Grants of letters for administration Cons 5800/1906/215 Mary Heaps alias Dutton died 12 August 1906 Perth Hospital. She was a widow and had no next of kin and had personal property of 6 shillings and 4 pence. Between their arrival in 1868 and Joseph’s death Mary and Joseph Dutton were charged repeatedly with being drunk and using threatening and obscene language towards the police and other members of the public. |
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