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| Name | GORDON – James |
|---|---|
| Regiment (s) | Royal Artillery 8th 2nd and 10th Battalions |
| Regiment Number (s) | 1725 |
| Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation | 30th May 1825 / 22 years / Glasgow Lanarkshire Scotland Clerk |
| Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars | 5 Ft 8 in Fair / Blue / Light Brown / None |
| Overseas Service/Duration | Corfu – 10 years 3 months |
| Length of Service | 21 years 196 days |
| Rank/Date/Place of Discharge | Gunner and Driver / 13th October 1846 / Woolwich Kent England |
| Campaign Medals | None |
| Intended Residence at Discharge | Not yet known |
| Pension Districts | 2nd Edinburgh 1851 Western Australia |
| Pension Paid | 1/0d per diem |
| Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland | 16th July 1851 Plymouth England |
| Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia | MINDEN 14th October 1851 |
| Date/Place of Birth | c1803 West Kirk Midlothian Scotland |
| 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 | UNKNOWN Mary Ann c1818 Not yet known |
| Date/Place of Marriage | 7 October 1838/Place unknown |
| 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 | None |
| Occupation after Arrival | Convict Establishment Night Warder 27 July 1852 – 9 August 1853 1869 Collector of Grass Tree fuel |
| Newspaper Articles | The Herald Saturday 17 April 1869 page 3: Lost in bush |
| Departure from Western Australia | Not applicable |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial | 1st August 1875 Mount Eliza Depot Western Australia Church of England Section East Perth Cemeteries Western Australia |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife | 6th October 1875 Colonial Hospital Perth Western Australia Church of England Section East Perth Cemeteries Western Australia |
| Will or Probate | None known |
| Further Information | British Army Worldwide Index: 1841 James Gordon Gunner and driver, 2Bn Royal Artillery 6th Company location Woolwich. Discharge due to chronic rheumatism In the 1851 Census James a pensioner age 47 and Mary Ann (35) Gordon are living at The House of Refuge and Night Refuge (Queensberry House) Canongate Midlothian Scotland The exact date of James’s marriage was found in the papers attached to his WO97, unfortunately it does not give his wife’s name or the place of marriage but it is very possible it was at Corfu. The 1851 Census said Edinburgh but that is unlikely as it is not registered. On the 22nd March 1869 James Gordon was lost in the bush while out collecting Xanthorrhoeas. His wife reported him missing when he did not return by nightfall. After a search covering about 50 miles he was located on the 25th lying in an exhausted state beside the Clarence Road having been without sustenance for three days. He was transported back to Fremantle. Possibly birth 1803 Edinburgh Parish, Edinburgh Midlothian, Scotland mother Mary Dunn father William Gordon |