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Claremont Pensioner Guard Village October 2010 and July 2011 EPG Gazette
| Name | GORDON – Andrew |
|---|---|
| Regiment (s) | 40th Regiment |
| Regiment Number (s) | 732 |
| Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation | 20th February 1834 / 19 years / Athlone Galway Ireland Labourer |
| Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars | 5 Ft 9¾ in Fresh / Blue / Light Brown /None |
| Overseas Service/Duration | East Indies – 7 years Lower & Upper Scinde Baluchistan & Afghanistan – 3 years 11 months |
| Length of Service | 15 years 277 days |
| Rank/Date/Place of Discharge | Corporal / 6th November 1849 / Dublin Ireland |
| Campaign Medals | Medal for 2nd Afghan Campaign with Kandahar Ghuznee and Kabul clasps 1842 Present at the Battle of Mahan States of Scinde 29th December 1843 granted a Bronze Star |
| Intended Residence at Discharge | Dudley Worcester England |
| Pension Districts | 1849 Wolverhampton England 1850-1855 Western Australia 1856-1862 Melbourne Victoria Australia 1865-1871 Victoria |
| Pension Paid | 10d 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 | 1815 Roscommon Ireland |
| 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 | MURRAY Mary Ann c1825 Not yet known |
| Date/Place of Marriage | Not yet known |
| Children by 1st Wife | Andrew B 1851 Perth Western Australia D 1851 Perth Western Australia bur 8th November 1851 East Perth Cemeteries Western Australia Margaret B 1852 Fremantle Western Australia Thomas B 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 | 16th July 1850 assigned and occupied P 222 and P241 at Butler’s Swamp/ Freshwater Bay Total acreage 10 acres |
| Occupation after Arrival | Policeman (Reference The Perth Gazette Friday 12th October 1855 page 3) |
| Newspaper Articles | Perth Gazette 14th June 1850 |
| Departure from Western Australia | 28th October 1855 Left Western Australia without wife and children and arrived 18th November 1855 in Adelaide per Sara |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial | 1871 Victoria (Alexander) |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife | A Mary Ann Gordon died and was buried East Perth Cemetery on 6th October 1875 age 55. |
| Will or Probate | None known |
| Further Information | ‘Granted a medal inscribed “Candahar” “ Ghuznee” “ Cabool” 1842 for Affghan campaign. Present at the battle of Maharajpore states of Scindiah 27th December 1843. Granted a bronze star’. 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: Corporal Andrew Gordon, clerk, 10d, 19th January, married 30th January 1851 Captain Henderson proposed that a gratuity of £5 be paid to the pensioners who instructed the children on the Scindian namely Corporal Gordon and Private Roffey – the Governor divided the £5 between the two men. Corporal Gordon was also a signatory to 2 petitions regarding the legal right of the pensioners’ families in the event of the pensioners death and the granting of Fee Simple. 29th June 1857 Lt Col Bruce recorded the stoppage from his pension for the support of his wife and children and furthermore recommended 2/3 of his pension be transmitted for their support. After quitting WA Andrew Gordon was charged £3/11/7 for the passage of his wife and in addition had a stoppage on his pension for her support in Western Australia which amounted to £15/3/11 from 1st January 1856 – 30th June 1857 |