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Name | GRAY / GREY – David |
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Regiment (s) | Royal Artillery 6th Brigade |
Regiment Number (s) | 18 |
Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation | 11 February 1840 / 19 years / Glasgow Scotland Weaver |
Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars | 5 Ft 8 in Fair / Hazel / Brown / None |
Overseas Service/Duration | Jamaica – 5 years 2 months Gibraltar – 2 years 9 months Malta – 6 years 3 months |
Length of Service | 21 years 201 days |
Rank/Date/Place of Discharge | Gunner / 20th May 1862 / Guernsey |
Campaign Medals | Not yet known |
Intended Residence at Discharge | Londonderry Ireland |
Pension Districts | 1862 Londonderry 1865-1866 Western Australia 1866-1872 South Australia 1872-1875 Melbourne Victoria |
Pension Paid | 8d per diem |
Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland | 30th September 1865 Portland Dorset England |
Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia | VIMIERA 22nd December 1865 |
Date/Place of Birth | 1821 Glendernmoth Londonderry 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 | None known |
Date/Place of Marriage | Not applicable |
Children by 1st Wife | Not applicable |
Father of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth | Not applicable |
Mother of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth Marriage | Not applicable |
Land Grants Western Australia | None |
Occupation after Arrival | Not yet known |
Newspaper Articles | Inquirer Western Australia Wednesday 2nd January 1867 – page 2 |
Departure from Western Australia | 22nd December 1866 traveled to South Australia per Springbok |
Date/Place of Death/Burial | 1892 Adelaide South Australia Not yet known |
Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife | Not Applicable |
Will or Probate | None known |
Further Information | Nothing currently known about David Gray/Grey between 1867 and his death in 1892 assumed he remained in South Australia during this time. |