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Name | HALL – John |
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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 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 Sobroan 1846 NAA B2713/1321 |
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 |
1st Wife Date of Birth or Baptism | WILSON Charlotte nee COLLIER 1817 East Indies bp c1817 Not yet known |
Date/Place of Marriage | 9th October 1845 Meerut Bengal India |
Children by 1st Wife | Not yet known |
Father of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth | COLLIER William |
Mother of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth Marriage | Not yet known |
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 | Not yet known |
Will or Probate | None known |
Further Information | 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 and Charlotte are living with his father and two of his brothers at Elis Street Barnsley, Yorkshire England 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. |