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| Name | GLADSTONE / GLADSTON – Robert |
|---|---|
| Regiment (s) | 1st Regiment |
| Regiment Number (s) | 1731 |
| Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation | 8th February 1828 / 19 years / York Yorkshire England Millwright and Engineer |
| Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars | 5 Ft 10 in Fair / Light Blue / Light Brown / None |
| Overseas Service/Duration | Canada – 2 years 7 months |
| Length of Service | 21 years 326 days |
| Rank/Date/Place of Discharge | Private / 27th December 1849 / London England |
| Campaign Medals | None |
| Intended Residence at Discharge | Not stated |
| Pension Districts | 1850 1st East London 1853 Western Australia 28th May 1857 transferred to Melbourne but never paid in Melbourne 1st July 1857- December 1864 paid in South Australia (not paid after December 1864 and struck off pension roll) |
| Pension Paid | 10d per diem |
| Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland | 2nd February 1853 Portsmouth England |
| Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia | PYRENEES 30th April 1853 |
| Date/Place of Birth | 1809 Derby Derbyshire England |
| Date/Place of Baptism | bap 3rd March 1809 St Alkmunds Derby Derbyshire England |
| Father Date/Place of Birth | GLADSTONE Robert Not yet known |
| Mother Date/Place of Birth Marriage | UNKNOWN Elizabeth Not yet known Not yet known |
| Siblings | Not yet known |
| 1st Wife Date of Birth or Baptism | BRIGHT Mary c1808 or 1814 Dublin Ireland |
| Date/Place of Marriage | 30th June 1833 St Leonard’s Shoreditch Middlesex England |
| Children by 1st Wife | Elizabeth Mary B 26th May 1832 bap 10th June 1832 St Botolph Aldgate London England M JOYNER James 27th June 1852 Stepney London England D 16th May 1894 Forrest Hill Victoria Australia bur Box Hill Cemetery Melbourne Victoria Mary Anne B c1836 Aldgate London England M BRIGGS George Francis 5th February 1854 Port Gregory Western Australia D 19th June 1885 Ringwood Victoria Australia bur Boroondara Cemetery Victoria Australia George Dixon B Oct-Dec 1839 St Margaret Westminster London England M O’DONNELL Anne 1866 Victoria D 7th March 1919 South Melbourne Victoria Robert B 15th December 1846 Whitechapel London England bap 28th May 1848 Royal Military Chapel St James Park London D Not yet known William B 17th March 1848 Whitechapel London England bap 28th May 1848 Royal Military Chapel St James Park London bur 10th December 1851 St George’s (Wesleyan) East London England |
| 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 | Not yet known |
| Newspaper Articles | Adelaide Observer (SA : 1843 1904) 7th March 1857 page 5 20th March 1858 page 8 Bacchus Marsh Express (Victoria: 1866 – 1918) Saturday 11th July 1885 page 2 Age (Melbourne Victoria: 1854 – 1954) 27th November 1876 page 4:17th May 1894 page 1 and 8 21st April 1911 page 1: 8th March 1919 page 7 Reporter (Box Hill Victoria: 1889 – 1918) 25th May 1894 page2 |
| Departure from Western Australia | July 1857 left Western Australia with son per C.W. Bradley |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial | 8th February 1866 Edeowie Flinders Ranges South Australia (Tentative) bur Edeowie Cemetery (located on Edeowie Station) South Australia (Tentative) |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife | bur 28th November 1876 Boroondara Cemetery Kew Melbourne Victoria (WES A 0264) |
| Will or Probate | None known |
| Further Information | It appears wife Mary and one son (Robert) went to Melbourne in 1857 to join their married daughters. Robert and one son (George?) went to Adelaide in 1857. Possibly they were meant to travel on to Victoria (as per WO22), but Robert remained in South Australia. Robert seems to have been paid six monthly or annually so I think he was living ‘in the bush’. |