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| Name | FAIRBROTHER – Samuel |
|---|---|
| Regiment (s) | 38th 31st and 29th Regiment |
| Regiment Number (s) | -/972/ 2439 |
| Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation | 11th June 1825 / 17 years / Oldbury Stafford England Key Filer |
| Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars | 5 Ft 2½ in Fresh / Hazel / Light Brown / SFB tattooed on left forearm |
| Overseas Service/Duration | East Indies – 21 years 3 months |
| Length of Service | 21 years 137 days |
| Rank/Date/Place of Discharge | Private / 25 July 1848 / Chatham Kent England |
| Campaign Medals | None stated |
| Intended Residence at Discharge | West Bromwich Stafford England |
| Pension Districts | 1848 Wolverhampton 1850-1857 Western Australia |
| Pension Paid | 1/0d 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 | c1808 West Bromage (sic) Staffordshire England |
| Date/Place of Baptism | Not yet known |
| Father Date/Place of Birth | Not yet known |
| Mother Date/Place of Birth Marriage | Not yet known |
| Siblings | Not yet known |
| 1st Wife Date of Birth or Baptism | Not yet known |
| Date/Place of Marriage | Not yet known |
| Children by 1st Wife | Not yet known |
| 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 | 20th September 1850 assigned Sub Lot P1 South Perth of 5 acres 31st December 1853 P1 South Perth resumed by Government |
| Occupation after Arrival | Not yet known |
| Newspaper Articles | Perth Gazette 14th June 1850 arrival of Scindian |
| Departure from Western Australia | Not applicable |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial | May 1857 “supposed to have perished in the bush in May” (note in pension record) |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife | Not yet known |
| Will or Probate | None known |
| Further Information | Height 5 Ft 6 in on discharge paper British Army Worldwide Index 1841 Samuel Fairbrother 972 Private 31st Foot ex 38th location Agra Discharge due to general infirmity of body and loss of health 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 Samuel Fairbrother, general labourer, 1/-, 19th January, single. Samuel Fairbrother was one of the Scindian Pensioner assigned land at South Perth however due to the isolated location failure was inevitable, the land only being accessible by water. Captain Bruce tried to organise a timber cutting operation which was a dismal failure mainly due to the difficulty of transporting the timber by boat to Fremantle on a very capricious river. |