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| Name | HUNT – James |
|---|---|
| Regiment (s) | 10th Regiment |
| Regiment Number (s) | 964 |
| Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation | 27th March 1838 / 18 years / Limerick Ireland Labourer |
| Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars | No description given Marked with the letter “D” for desertion. Wounded through chest by musket ball |
| Overseas Service/Duration | East Indies – 4 years |
| Length of Service | 4 years 189 days |
| Rank/Date/Place of Discharge | Private / 31st August 1849 / Inquiry held Forezepore Bengal |
| Campaign Medals | Punjab Campaign Medal 1848-9 |
| Intended Residence at Discharge | Not stated |
| Pension Districts | 1849 Bengal 1850 Liverpool 1855 Isle of Man 1856 Newcastle 1858 York 1859-1861 Western Australia 1861-1882 South Australia |
| Pension Paid | 9d per diem |
| 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 | 1820 Askeaton Limerick Ireland |
| 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 |
| 1st Wife Date of Birth or Baptism | Did not marry |
| Date/Place of Marriage | Not applicable |
| Children by 1st Wife | Not applicable |
| Land Grants Western Australia | None |
| Occupation after Arrival | Shepherd in South Australia |
| Newspaper Articles | Not yet known |
| Departure from Western Australia | 16th November 1861 left for South Australia (ship not yet known) |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial | 22nd October 1882 Dry Creek Adelaide South Australia |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife | Not applicable |
| Will or Probate | None known |
| Further Information | 5th November 1844 Tried and sentenced to 4 lunar months imprisonment and marked with a D for desertion. The first 3 years 247 days army service were not counted towards his pension nor were the three years from when he deserted in 1841- to when he re-joined 31st October 1844. Service dated from 24th February 1845. British Army Worldwide Index 1841 James Hunt 964 Private 10th Foot location Manchester and Newcastle Served in the Mooltan campaign of 1848. Gun-shot wound received 7th November 1848 in left lung-‘the ball being lodged impairs the respiratory function as to render him unfit for further military service.’ James Hunt was admitted to the (Royal) Hospital Adelaide on 29th September 1882. At the time he was a single man, aged 61, Roman Catholic and living and working as a shepherd at Dry Creek Station. He had been born in Limerick and had arrived in South Australia by an unnamed steamer; he had been 21 years in the Colony. |