HAYES / HAYS – John HEIC 3rd Troop 2nd Brigade Artillery

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Honourable East India Company – Painting of Battle of Ferozeshah 1845

Name	HAYES / HAYS – John
Regiment (s)	Honourable East India Company 3rd Troop 2nd Brigade Artillery Bengal
Regiment Number (s)	347
Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation	23rd June 1846/20 years/Cork Labourer
Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars	5 Ft 6 In Fresh / Hazel / Light Brown
Overseas Service/Duration	HEIC To India 20th July 1846 per Bangalore
Length of Service	7 years 1 month
Rank/Date/Place of Discharge	Gunner / 2nd August 1854 /Not yet known
Campaign Medals	Not yet known
Intended Residence at Discharge	Bloomsbury London England
Pension Districts	1854 1st North London 1854 2nd North London 1862 Western Australia 1863 –1879 New South Wales
Pension Paid	9d per diem
Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland	6th October 1861 Portland England via Cape of Good Hope
Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia	LINCELLES 28th January 1862
Date/Place of Birth	c1825 London 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	Not yet known
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	Not yet known
Newspaper Articles	Not yet known
Departure from Western Australia	to Sydney New South Wales 1863
Date/Place of Death/Burial	Not yet known
Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife	Not yet known
Will or Probate	None known
Further Information	Although we do not have a date of death John’s pension was being paid in New South Wales up to 1879 when available pension records stop.