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| Name | GREENHILL – Samuel |
|---|---|
| Regiment (s) | 45th Regiment |
| Regiment Number (s) | 1837 |
| Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation | 21st November 1839 /19 years / Sheffield Yorkshire England Table Knife Cutler |
| Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars | 5 Ft 7 in Sallow / Grey / Brown grey / Burn marks on breast neck and left arm |
| Overseas Service/Duration | Cape of Good Hope (Cape Town) – 16 years 1 month |
| Length of Service | 21 years 21 days |
| Rank/Date/Place of Discharge | Private / 15th January 1861 / Inquiry held Parkhurst Isle of Wight England |
| Campaign Medals | South Africa Medal 2nd and 3rd Kaffir War 1846-1853 |
| Intended Residence at Discharge | Sheffield Yorkshire |
| Pension Districts | 1861 Sheffield Adm to Out Pension 1861 Preston 1861 Sheffield 1862 Tilbury 1862-1864 Western Australia 1865-1875 Adelaide South Australia |
| Pension Paid | 11d per diem |
| Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland | 16th March 1862 Portland Dorset England |
| Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia | NORWOOD 9th June 1862 |
| Date/Place of Birth | 1820 Sheffield Yorkshire 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 | Did not marry |
| 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 | Barman (South Australia) |
| Newspaper Articles | 1866 articles in South Australian newspapers: Bunyip (Gawler South Australia) Two years with hard Labor SA Chronicle Assault with Intent SA Advertiser South Australian Weekly Chronicle Saturday 12th May 1866 page 7 Trial of Samuel Greenhill |
| Departure from Western Australia | 6th August 1864 departed to South Australia per “Balclutha” |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial | 21st December 1875 Royal Adelaide Hospital Adelaide South Australia Date of death recorded on WO 22s and 23s as 10th November 1875 |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife | Not applicable |
| Will or Probate | None known |
| Further Information | British Army Worldwide Index 1841 Samuel Greenhill 1837 Private 45th Foot location Belfast 1851 As above location Natal South Africa Discharge at own request having served 21 years. Samuel Greenhill was admitted to the Royal Adelaide Hospital five times between 1865 and his death in 1875. The 1st time on 21st July 1865 he was aged 46, a single man religion Protestant and living at Adelaide, he was labourer born in Yorkshire and had arrived on the mail steamer. On the second occasion 27th December 1870 he varied his place of residence to Fowler’s Bay, born Sheffield and had arrived in the Colony on the Barracouta (sic) 14 years earlier. The 3rd occasion 8th July 1874 he said he was a Roman Catholic living at Wright Street born Yorkshire while on the 4th time 24th May 1875 he decided he was a Bible Christian, still living Wright Street and the ship of arrival the Barracouta. The fifth and final time was on 20th September 1875 where he died on 21st December 1875 |