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| Name | HUTCHISON – Richard |
|---|---|
| Regiment (s) | 93rd Regiment |
| Regiment Number (s) | 2241 |
| Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation | 23rd February 1848 / 18 years / Glasgow Scotland 13th April 1857 / 27 years / Dover England (re-engaged) Shoemaker |
| Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars | 5 Ft 8 in Dark / Dark / Black / None |
| Overseas Service/Duration | Crimea – 2 years 4 months East Indies – 5 years 1 month |
| Length of Service | 15 years 151 days |
| Rank/Date/Place of Discharge | Private / 28th July 1863 / Netley Hampshire England |
| Campaign Medals | Crimea Medal with Alma Balaclava and Sebastopol clasps Turkish Crimean Medal Indian Mutiny Medal with Lucknow clasp |
| Intended Residence at Discharge | Edinburgh Scotland |
| Pension Districts | 1863 Edinburgh 1863 2nd Glasgow July 1866 – March 1868 Western Australia April 1868 – June 1874 Melbourne 1874-75 Glasgow 1881 Living in Lanarkshire Scotland |
| Pension Paid | 1/0d per diem |
| Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland | 7th April 1866 Portland Dorset England |
| Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia | BELGRAVIA 4th July 1866 |
| Date/Place of Birth | 1830 Tron Glasgow Lanarkshire Scotland |
| Date/Place of Baptism | Not yet known |
| Father Date/Place of Birth | HUTCHISON John |
| Mother Date/Place of Birth Marriage | McCULLOCH Mary |
| Siblings | Not yet known |
| 1st Wife Date of Birth or Baptism | MOIR / MOYLE Agnes (refer certificate of residence March 5 1868) C 1830 daughter of MOIR John and MASON and (Marriage Certificate) |
| Date/Place of Marriage | 4 October 1864, High Church, Glasgow (Church of Scotland) |
| Children by 1st Wife | None yet known |
| Land Grants Western Australia | None |
| Occupation after Arrival | Not yet known |
| Newspaper Articles | Not yet known |
| Departure from Western Australia | 11th March 1868 departed with wife per Emily Smith for Adelaide South Australia |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial | Not yet known |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial 2nd Wife | Not yet known |
| Will or Probate | None known |
| Further Information | 1851 Muster & Pay List or Census Edinburgh [WO12-9430] 1861 Muster & Pay List or Census Rawalpindee, India [WO12 -9440] Sergeant Discharge: Unfit for continued military service from enlargement and stiffness of the right knee joint, the consequence of arthritic rheumatism for which he was first treated in June 1861, and which was caused by fatigue and exposure in the late Indian Campaign. He served throughout the Crimean War also and his constitution was a good deal impaired by that service. In 1877 Scotland death register Agnes Hutchison dies 1877 Gorbals, Glasgow. In the 1881 Scotland Census there is a Richard Hutchison b 1833 a shoemaker married to Mary and daughters Mary and Rebecca in the Registration district Hutchesontown, Glagow. Born Renrewshire – possible Richard and Agnes Hutchison. |