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43rd Regiment
NameKINGDOM / KINGDON – John
Regiment (s)43rd Regiment
Regiment Number (s) 257
Date/Age/Place/Trade or
Profession at Attestation
8th April 1820 / 18 years / Exeter Devon England
Labourer
Description – Height
Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars
5 Ft 6¼ in
Ruddy / Grey / Brown / None
Overseas Service/DurationGibraltar – 7 years
Portugal – 1 year 3 months
North America – 7 years 10 months
Length of Service23 years 111 days
Rank/Date/Place of DischargePrivate / 8th August 1843 / Chatham Kent England
Campaign MedalsNone
Intended Residence at
Discharge
Marlybone London England
Pension Districts1843 West London
1850-1851 Western Australia
Pension Paid1/0d per diem
Date of Departure and Place
England or Ireland
4th March 1850 Portsmouth Hampshire England
Ship and Date of Arrival
Western Australia
SCINDIAN 1st June 1850
Date/Place of Birthc1802 Linkinhorne Cornwall England
Date/Place of BaptismNot yet known
Father
Date/Place of Birth
Not yet known
Mother
Date/Place of Birth
Marriage
Not yet known
SiblingsNot yet known
1st Wife
Date of Birth or Baptism
UNKNOWN Ellen (Helena)
Date/Place of MarriageNot yet known
Children by 1st WifeAmelia b Amherstbury (sic) 1840 (Army Chaplain 43rd Regt)
Alfred b Toronto Canada 1842 (Army Chaplain 43rd Regt)
Emily bap 1850 D Not yet known
Sarah Ann B 1850 D 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
2nd Husband of WifeSTONE William
Date/Place of Marriage1852 Perth Western Australia
Children by 2nd HusbandNot yet known
Land Grants Western
Australia
1850 Assigned Locations P6 and P7 Butler’s Swamp/ Freshwater Bay – surrendered by death
Occupation after
Arrival
Not yet known
Newspaper ArticlesPerth Gazette 14th June 1850
Departure from Western
Australia
Not applicable
Date/Place of Death/Burial1st October 1851 Western Australia
2nd October 1851 Church of England Section East Perth Cemeteries Western Australia
Date/Place of Death/Burial
Wife
Not yet known
Will or ProbateNone known
Further InformationBritish Army Worldwide Index
1841 John Kingdom 257 Private 43rd foot location Amherstburg Canada
Discharge due to diminished strength and general infirmity – impaired constitution
After the arrival of the Scindian at Fremantle Captain Henderson wrote a report listing the rank name, trade or calling, rate of pension, date of enlistment for 5 months service, marital status, and number of children for each pensioner. Sometimes the trade of calling differed from that recorded at the time of attestation:
Private John Kingdom, farm labourer, 1/-, 17th January, married 5 children