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Name | HARRIS – William |
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Regiment (s) | Royal Marines 63rd Company Plymouth Division |
Regiment Number (s) | 7081 |
Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation | 13th February 1852 / 20 years / Exeter Devon England Farm Labourer |
Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars | 5 Ft 8½ in Fresh / Grey / Brown / None |
Overseas Service/Duration | On board Sybilla 3 years 328 days |
Length of Service | 5 years 232 days |
Rank/Date/Place of Discharge | Private / 9th October 1857 / Not yet known |
Campaign Medals | Not yet known |
Intended Residence at Discharge | Not yet known |
Pension Districts | 1859 Plymouth 1859 – March 1860 Western Australia April 1860 – 84 South Australia |
Pension Paid | £15/4/0 per annum |
Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland | 26th May 1859 Plymouth Devon England |
Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia | SULTANA 19th August 1859 |
Date/Place of Birth | 1832 North Tawton near Okehampton Devon England |
Date/Place of Baptism | Not yet known |
Father Date/Place of Birth | HARRIS William Not yet known |
Mother Date/Place of Birth Marriage | WHITE Maria B 1805 8th June 1834 St. Peter’s North Tawton Devon England |
Siblings | Mary B 15th December 1834 James B 3rd April 1836 Henry B 1839 Elizabeth B 1843 (all siblings born North Tawton Devon England) |
1st Wife Date of Birth or Baptism | DENNY Mary (tentative) Not yet known |
Date/Place of Marriage | 27th May 1862 St. Patrick’s Church Adelaide South Australia |
Children by 1st Wife | (Tentative) William Phillips B 23rd February 1863 Gawler South Australia D 4th July 1881 Adelaide South Australia Thomas B 4 April 1866 Williamstown South Australia D 19th May 1931 Adelaide South Australia Christopher B 31st December 1867 Williamstown South Australia M LOVIBOND Florence Mary 26th April 1900 St. John’s Church Norton Summit Norwood South Australia D 13th August 1915 Kent Town Adelaide South Australia |
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 | Not yet known |
Newspaper Articles | South Australian Register 6th July 1881 page 2 The Advertiser 14th August 1915 page 14 Advertiser & Register 29th May 1931 page 13 |
Departure from Western Australia | Details not known but must have left in early 1860 for South Australia |
Date/Place of Death/Burial | 13th February 1884 Williamstown Parkside South Australia |
Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife | 4th December 1889 Adelaide South Australia bur West Terrace Cemetery Adelaide South Australia |
Will or Probate | None known |
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