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| Name | EGGAR – Arthur |
|---|---|
| Regiment (s) | Royal Horse and Field Artillery 4th Battalion |
| Regiment Number (s) | 390 |
| Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation | 7th July 1834 / 18 years / Portsmouth England Labourer |
| Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars | 5 Ft 11½ in Dark / Hazel / Light Brown / None |
| Overseas Service/Duration | None |
| Length of Service | 15 years 4 months |
| Rank/Date/Place of Discharge | Corporal / 10th July 1849 / Woolwich Kent England |
| Campaign Medals | None |
| Intended Residence at Discharge | Not yet known |
| Pension Districts | 1849 2nd Portsmouth 1851-1853 Western Australia |
| Pension Paid | 9d per diem |
| Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland | 1st February 1851 Falmouth England |
| Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia | MERMAID 15th May 1851 |
| Date/Place of Birth | 21st August 1818 Alton Hampshire England (from Baptism) |
| Date/Place of Baptism | 15 October 1820 Bentley Hampshire England |
| Father Date/Place of Birth | EGGAR George 1783 Holybourne Hampshire, England D 1857 Hampshire England |
| Mother Date/Place of Birth Marriage | CHALCRAFT Mary b 1786 Woolbeding Sussex England M 25 June 1807 Alton Hampshire England |
| Siblings | Emily Bp 20th October 1809 Holybourne Hampshire Thomas Bp 16th September 1810 Holybourne Hampshire John Bp 9th May 1813 Holybourne Hampshire Samuel B 1815 England Bap 5th November 1817 Alton Hampshire England Elizabeth Bap 15th October 1820 Bentley Hampshire England Jane B 1821 Hampshire England William Bp 3rd January Herriard Hampshire |
| 1st Wife Date of Birth or Baptism | Not married |
| Date/Place of Marriage | Not applicable |
| Children by 1st Wife | Not applicable |
| Father of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth | Not applicable |
| Mother of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth Marriage | Not applicable |
| Land Grants Western Australia | None |
| Occupation after Arrival | 1851 in charge of detachment of Enrolled Pensioner Guards at Toodyay |
| Newspaper Articles | Not yet known |
| Departure from Western Australia | Not Applicable |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial | 17th August 1853 Military Hospital Perth Western Australia 19th August 1853 East Perth Cemeteries Western Australia ( Note: death date given there as 18th) |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife | Not yet known |
| Will or Probate | None known |
| Further Information | Discharge was caused by Chronic diarrhoea which had persisted for 4 years. He was sick throughout the voyage of the Mermaid and was admitted to the military hospital on arrival in Western Australia Extract from the General remarks of the surgeon Superintendent aboard the Mermaid: There were 2 of the Pensioners on the sick list a great part of the voyage. One of them with chronic diarrhoea from which he had suffered for more than 2 years and had been invalided from the Artillery for it and was unfit for embarkation. August 1851. Appointed Corporal in charge of a detachment sent to Toodyay ticket of leave depot. (At this time depot was located downstream about 2 miles from the present day Toodyay) 4th July 1853 After an inspection Captain Bruce wrote to the Colonial Secretary “On arriving at Toodyay I found the Corporal commanding the party of pensioners there very ill, and I was informed that the private named in the margin (Private Sam Haynes, 17th foot) had just died suddenly. The Resident Magistrate had ordered a court of Inquiry to assemble next day but I have not yet heard the result. Mr Robert Viveash was in attendance upon the Corporal, who, if equal to removal will be brought down to Perth.” Sometime after his demise his mother Mary Eggar wrote to the War Office inquiring about his whereabouts – WO4. |