GRIFFIN – James 59th Regiment – Enrolled Pensioner Force WA

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Name	GRIFFIN – James
Regiment (s)	59th Regiment
Regiment Number (s)	192
Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation	30th June 1824 / 15 years / Portsmouth Hampshire Labourer
Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars	5 Ft 8 in Fair / Blue / Fair / None
Overseas Service/Duration	East Indies – 3 years 262 days Mediterranean – 6 years 174 days West Indies – 2 years 352 days
Length of Service	21 years 84 days
Rank/Date/Place of Discharge	Private / 13th October 1848 / Templemore Ireland
Campaign Medals	None
Intended Residence at Discharge	Not yet known
Pension Districts	1849 Preston 1851 Western Australia 1853-1860 Victoria Australia 1861-1863 Cape of Good Hope 1863-1880 Victoria 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	c1809 Westbourne Sussex 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
1^st Wife Date of Birth or Baptism	GLEESON Bridget c1807 Tipperary Ireland
Date/Place of Marriage	Not yet known
Children by 1^st 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	Night warder 2 February 1852 resigned 23 February 1852
Newspaper Articles	Not yet known
Departure from Western Australia	1853 to Port Phillip Australia 1861 to Cape of Good Hope 1863 to Victoria Australia
Date/Place of Death/Burial	Not yet known
Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife	1870 Victoria Australia Not yet known
Will or Probate	None known
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