HAMILTON – George Royal Artillery 6th Battery

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Name	HAMILTON – George
Regiment (s)	Royal Artillery 6th battalion
Regiment Number (s)	–
Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation	10th September 1830 /18 years / Edinburgh Scotland Labourer
Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars	5 feet 11 in Dark / Blue / Dark Brown / None
Overseas Service/Duration	Gibraltar – 9 years 5 months Jamaica – 4 years 11 months
Length of Service	21 years 197 days
Rank/Date/Place of Discharge	Gunner and Driver / 13th April 1852 / Woolwich Kent England
Campaign Medals	None
Intended Residence at Discharge	Not yet known
Pension Districts	1852 Woolwich 1855-1890 Western Australia
Pension Paid	1/0d per diem
Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland	16th April 1855 Portland England
Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia	ADELAIDE 18th July 1855
Date/Place of Birth	c1813 West Church Edinburgh Midlothian Scotland
Date/Place of Baptism	Not yet known
Father Date/Place of Birth	HAMILTON William Not yet known
Mother Date/Place of Birth Marriage	Not yet known
Siblings	Not yet known
1^st Wife Date of Birth or Baptism	DELANEY (nee CAMPBELL) Elizabeth (Widow) Not yet known
Date/Place of Marriage	26th May 1834 Gibraltar
Children by 1^st Wife	William George B 30th May 1835 bap 16th June 1835 Gibraltar D Jamaica 1850 from Cholera James Alexander B 26th October 1836 bap 14th November 1836 Gibraltar D Jamaica 1850 from cholera Charlotte Elizabeth B 5th December 1839 bap 16th December 1839 Gibraltar D Jamaica 1850 from cholera Thomas Wilson B 16th October 1843 Hulme Lancashire England bap 26th October 1843 Hulme Lancashire England D 4th February 1939 Peppermint Grove Western Australia bur Anglican Section Karrakatta Cemetery Western Australia Archibald Hamilton B 22nd June 1845 Hulme Lancashire England D Jamaica 1850 from cholera
2nd Wife	BYE Tabitha
Date/Place of Marriage	1851 Lewisham London England
Children by 2^nd Wife	None
3rd Wife	PEARSE Christina (nee MUNRO) Widow of EPG John Persse 74th Regt (Lincelles) Father Daniel Munro
Date/Place of Marriage	1868 Fremantle Western Australia
Children by 3^rdwife	William Daniel B 1869 Fremantle Western Australia M 1892 CHRISTIE Elizabeth Perth Western Australia Christina Charlotte B 1871 Fremantle Western Australia M WARD Edward 1897 Perth Western Australia D 4th October 1974 Como, Western Australia bur Wesleyan Section Karrakatta Cemetery Western Australia
Land Grants Western Australia	None
Occupation after Arrival	Warder in Convict establishment from 23rd May 1855 until his retirement, He had worked as a prison warder in England 1852-1855 prior to coming to WA.
Newspaper Articles	Inquirer & Commercial News 25th September 1867 page 3 Tabitha’s death The Daily News 6th May 1890 page 3 George’s death Western Mail Saturday 27th November 1909 page 34 Christina’s death The West Australian Tuesday 16th June 1903 page 1 daughter Christina’s death The West Australian Saturday 6th February 1932 page Reminiscences of son TW Hamilton gives details of his father’s working life. The West Australian Thursday 9th February 1939 page 21 extensive obit for William Thomas with a photo
Departure from Western Australia	Not Applicable
Date/Place of Death/Burial	4th May 1890 Canning Western Australia Presbyterian Section opposite present East Perth Cemeteries site
Date/Place of Death/Burial 1st Wife	1850 Jamaica West Indies Mother and four children died within a week of Cholera.
Date/Place of Death/Burial 2nd Wife	8th November 1867 Mahogany Creek Western Australia bur Old Guildford Cemetery Lot 42 Western Australia
Date/Place of Death/Burial 3rd Wife	22nd November 1909 – 306 Bulwer Street Perth Western Australia Presbyterian Section East Perth Cemeteries Western Australia
Will or Probate	None known
Further Information	British Army, Worldwide Index 1841 Location Woolwich, London 1851 Location Woolwich, London. Discharge: Due to chronic rheumatism In the 1841 Census George is with his regiment at the barracks Tower of London Whitechapel, London. In the 1851 Census George is with his regiment at the Royal Artillery barracks Woolwich dockyard, it erroneously gives his place of birth as Kildare. Although George did not receive a land grant he applied on 14th December 1861 to buy 40 acres of land at the Canning for £40 On the 30 May 1912 the Solicitors Messrs Lawrence Jones & Co wrote to the Officer in Charge, Royal Garrison Artillery Records, Dover inquiring into the relatives and next of kin and services of George Hamilton late of the Royal Artillery regarding an inheritance where the records relating to George Hamilton’s service and the death of his first wife and children was sourced. A George Hamilton is also mentioned in Barker’s dictionary of “Warders and Gaolers”. This is most likely George, albeit described as arriving on “The Stag”.