HALL – John 10th Regiment 16th Lancers and 3rd Light Dragoons

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Name	HALL – John
Regiment (s)	10th Regiment 16th Lancers and 3rd Light Dragoons
Regiment Number (s)	373/1560
Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation	25th January 1823 / 18 years / Leeds Yorkshire England. He was discharged on12th April 1823 after paying the regulated sum of £20. 22nd February 1828 re-enlisted 16th Dragoons Weaver
Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars	5 Ft 8 in Sallow / Hazel / Grey / None
Overseas Service/Duration	East Indies – 19 years 4 months
Length of Service	21 years 168 days
Rank/Date/Place of Discharge	Private / 28th August 1849 / Chatham Kent England
Campaign Medals	3 Medals for Campaign in Afghanistan 1838/9; assault and capture of Ghunzee, at Maharajpore 1843, Aliwal and Sobraon
Intended Residence at Discharge	Lincoln Lincolnshire England (also nominated Barnsley, Yorkshire)
Pension Districts	1849 Sheffield 1851 Western Australia 1858-1868 Bengal 1868 Sheffield 1870-1885 Melbourne Australia
Pension Paid	10d 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	c1805 Lincoln Lincolnshire England
Date/Place of Baptism	Not yet known
Father Date/Place of Birth	HALL George 1777 Lincolnshire England
Mother Date/Place of Birth Marriage	Not yet known
Siblings	HALL Henry b 1814 Weymouth, Dorset, England HALL Amos b 1841 Weymouth, Dorset England
1^st Wife Date of Birth or Baptism	WILSON Charlotte nee COLLIER B 14th April 1810 Bp 27th May 1810 Meerut Bengal India
Date/Place of Marriage	9th October 1845 Meerut Bengal India
Children by 1^st Wife	Not yet known
Father of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth	COLLIER William Corporal 24th Light Dragoons
Mother of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth Marriage	By a native woman, name not recorded
Land Grants Western Australia	Not applicable
Occupation after Arrival	Not yet known
Newspaper Articles	Not yet known
Departure from Western Australia	1858 to Calcutta 1868 to Sheffield England
Date/Place of Death/Burial	8 March 1885 Melbourne Victoria
Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife	6th April 1883 Collingwood Victoria Bur Melbourne General cemetery Carlton North Victoria
Will or Probate	None known
Further Information	British Army, Worldwide Index: 1841 Private John Hall 373 16th Dragoons location Meerut. Discharge: Broken constitution from long Indian service. He served in the Afghanistan campaign 1838/1839, the assault and capture of Ghunzee, at Maharajpore in 1843, Aliwal and Sobraon 1846. On her marriage to John Hall Charlotte Wilson was a widow having previously married Charles Wilson (11th Dragoons) on 29 December 1829 at Cawnpore, Bengal India 1851 Census John age 46 and Charlotte, 34, are living with his father George and his two brothers Henry and Amos at Elis Street Barnsley, Yorkshire England. John was born Lincolnshire England and Charlotte East Indies. John’s father George is aged 74, a widower, and also a pensioner was born Lincoln while brother Henry is aged 34, a widower, was born Weymouth. The younger son Amos age 11 was born Stainbro York On 10 November 1851 John Hall requested permission to proceed to Calcutta as he said he had married a native of that country who had not enjoyed good health in England. He stated he had served in the Army for 21 years and 6 months, 20 of those years in India and had been present with his regiment at the capture of Ghunzee, Gwalior and the Sutlej campaign. Captain Bruce advised the Governor that the fifteen pounds for his wife’s passage would have to be repaid and also the problems with transferring payment of a pension. (SROWA CSR Cons 36 Vol 221/162) The NAA has his transfer document from Sheffield to Melbourne dated June 1870 and also his pension payment from 1870 to 1885 and a notation of the date of death place of death is obscure.