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| Name | JOSLIN – David |
|---|---|
| Regiment (s) | 2nd Regiment |
| Regiment No (s) | 1974 |
| Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation | 21st November 1845 / 20 years / Thaxted Essex England Labourer |
| Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars | 5 Ft 9 in Fair / Black / Brown / None |
| Overseas Service/Duration | Cape of Good Hope – 8 years 7 months China – 7 months |
| Length of Service | 21 years 155 days |
| Rank/Date/Place of Discharge | Private / 23rd April 1867 / Chatham Kent England |
| Campaign Medals | Kaffir War Medal China War Medal with two clasps |
| Intended Residence at Discharge | No 1 Vine Street Liquor Pond Street London England |
| Pension Districts | 1867 2nd North London 1867 1st North London 1867 Tilbury Fort 1868 – 1891 Western Australia |
| Pension Paid | 10d per diem 1881 Increased to 1/3d per diem for eleven Service in Enrolled Force |
| Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland | 12th October 1867 Portland England |
| Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia | HOUGOUMONT 9th January 1868 |
| Date/Place of Birth | c1825 Clemen Thaxted Essex England |
| Date/Place of Baptism | Not yet known |
| Father Date/Place of Birth | William / b 1796 / Essex |
| Mother Date/Place of Birth Marriage | Alice / b1796 / Essex |
| Siblings | Hannah b 1821 Essex Daniel/b1829/Essex Mary/b1831/Essex William/b1834/Essex |
| 1st Wife Date of Birth or Baptism | BUSH Sarah (nee UNKNOWN) B c1834 England |
| Date/Place of Marriage | 18th Sep 1867 London England |
| Children by 1st Wife | William bap 15th February 1868 Fremantle Western Australia D 22nd June 1868 Western Australia Buried Skinner Street Anglican Cemetery Fremantle WA William bap 16th June 1869 Fremantle Western Australia D 18 December 1945 Beaconsfield WA Bur Fremantle Cemetery Ang MON AA 0294 M JACKSON Sarah Gertrude 19 April 1891 Daniel bap 15th October 1871 Fremantle Western Australia D 28 November 1941 Fremantle WA Bur Fremantle Cemetery Ang MON A6 0170 M DAWSON Agnes Louisa 15 May 1903 James bap 14th October 1874 Fremantle Western Australia D 24 April 1950 Fremantle WA Ashes scattered over garden Karrakatta Cemetery M DAWSON Louise Hendry 18 December 1907 Alice bap 13th September 1877 Fremantle Western Australia D 1897 |
| 1st Husband of Wife | BUSH Joseph |
| Date/Place of Marriage | Not yet known |
| Children by 1st Husband | BUSH Joseph BUSH Thomas James B Essex 1856 D 22 July 1915 South Fremantle WA Bur Fremantle Cemetery Ang MON AA 0911 M SMIRK Sara Ann 1880 Rockingham WA |
| Land Grants Western Australia | P Lot 789 Mary Street Fremantle of 2 roods 19 Perches Assigned 21 July 1882 Title Application 20 November 1883 Title deed 6/96 P Lot 14 Willagee Swamp of 20 acres cancelled see attachment Fremantle Lot 601 and 602 These 2 were purchased see Broomhall Fremantle Lot 721 Lots 4 and 5 Attfield street Fremantle possibly purchased |
| Occupation after Arrival | David Joslin worked as a contractor for the Fremantle Council supplying a horse and cart for various activities. |
| Newspaper Articles | The Daily News Friday 26 June 1891 page 3 death The Daily News Wednesday 28 July 1915 page 7 death of Thomas James Bush |
| Departure from Western Australia | Not Applicable |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial | 23rd June 1891 |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial – Wife | Died 3 March 1898 Fremantle WA Buried 5 March 1898 Skinner Street Cemetery, Fremantle WA |
| Will or Probate | Cons 3403/1897/124 Cons 3403/1899/061 His estate was valued at £1170 Appointed his wife Sarah as sole executrix however she died without finishing the task. “I direct that at my death all my proceeds after my personal estate shall be realised and that the payments to be applied to herself those of my children who are under age and in the case of her death such fund to be so applied under trustees named by her while the youngest child becomes of age the surplus of such fund if any to be divided equally between such of my children as were under age at the time of my death. As to my real estate on the death of my said executrix I bequeath 40 acres of the South portion of my grant at North Lake to my step son Thomas bush the remaining eighty acres of said grant together with my Fremantle Town lot 789 in Mary Street to my son William and to my son Daniel my two town lots 601 and 602 with two houses thereon in South Terrace. As to my town lots 4 and 5 situated in Attfield street if not sold at the time of my death I bequeath then to my said Executrix in her own right to be disposed of as she may please.” |
| Further Information | British Army, Worldwide Index: 1851 David Joslin 1974 location Clonmel 1861 David Joslin 1974 location returning from Hong Kong Discharge: At own request after completing 21 years’ service Discharge documents state David Joslin was awarded a China War Medal with two clasps. The 2nd queens regiment was reformed in 1857, and the 2nd Battalion went to China in 1860 at the time of the Second Opium War, fighting at the Third Battle of Taku Forts and the capture of Beijing.[27] Two step-sons BUSH Joseph and Thomas James travelled with JOSLIN David and wife. 1841 Census HO107/327/2 Clavering Essex has another member of the family John Joslin born 1791, as no relationships are given in this census it looks like David’s uncle. David Joslin’s name was on the Nominal roll for the Enrolled Guard in 1881. |