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| Name | ELLIS – John |
|---|---|
| Regiment (s) | 97th and 78th Regiment |
| Regiment Number (s) | 577 (78th Regiment) |
| Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation | 26th March 1824 / 18 years / Queen Square London England Servant |
| Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars | 5 Ft 6½ in Sallow / Grey / Dark Brown / None |
| Overseas Service/Duration | Ceylon – 12 years 7 months East Indies – 2 years 7 months |
| Length of Service | 21 years 217 days |
| Rank/Date/Place of Discharge | Sergeant / 28 October 1845/ Chatham Kent England |
| Campaign Medals | Not yet known |
| Intended Residence at Discharge | Chatham Kent England |
| Pension Districts | 1845 Chatham admitted to Out-pension 1846 Woolwich paid to 30th June 1846 transferred to Jamaica as Barracks Sergeant 1851 May Cork 1st readmitted to Out-Pension 1851 Canterbury 1854 Woolwich 1854 Canterbury 1854 Woolwich 1855 Plymouth April 1856 – 1863 Western Australia 1863 Calcutta 1865 Ceylon died 5 July 1865 arrears of pension paid to children of deceased June 1867 |
| Pension Paid | 1/7d per diem |
| Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland | 5th January 1856 Plymouth Devon England |
| Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia | WILLIAM HAMMOND 29th March 1856 |
| Date/Place of Birth | 1806 Presteigne Hereford England |
| Date/Place of Baptism | Not yet known |
| Father Date/Place of Birth | ELLIS Walter (tentative) Not yet known |
| Mother Date/Place of Birth Marriage | UNKNOWN Mary Not yet known Not yet known |
| Siblings | Betty bap 10th October 1802 Walford Hereford England Hannah bap 5th August 1804 Hope Mansell Hereford England William bap 19th April 1812 Hope Mansell Hereford England |
| 1st Wife Date of Birth or Baptism | BAILEY Anne Jane B c1832 Not yet known |
| Date/Place of Marriage | c1855 United Kingdom |
| Children by 1st Wife | Mary Jane B 1858 Dongara Western Australia M 1st PETTIT William November 1878 Dongara Western Australia M 2nd STEPHEN William 1894 D 14th August 1939 Dongara Western Australia Bur Mingenew Cemetery Harriet B 1856 Champion Bay Western Australia |
| Father of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth | Not yet known |
| Mother of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth Marriage | Not yet known |
| Land Grants Western Australia | None |
| Occupation after Arrival | Sergeant in charge of pensioners Champion Bay Postmaster at Geraldton 1856 – 60 Assistant Warder Geraldton 2 February 1863-7 January 1864 resigned, some overlap as his pension paid Calcutta October 1863 |
| Newspaper Articles | Not yet known |
| Departure from Western Australia | 1863 left Western Australia for Ceylon: pension paid in Calcutta 1st October 1863 |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial | 5th July 1865 Ceylon |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife | Not yet known |
| Will or Probate | None known |
| Further Information | British Army Worldwide Index 1841 John Ellis Sergeant 577 78th Regt location Burnley and Manchester Discharge due to break down of his constitution due to repeated fevers. In 1857 ten of the William Hammond’s pensioner guards claimed good conduct pay for 27 days service, one of whom was Sergeant John Ellis. 15th August 1858, as Sergeant in charge of EPF members at Champion Bay (Geraldton) reports on misbehaviour of pensioners at Greenough |