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| Name | MARSHALL – Alexander |
|---|---|
| Regiment (s) | 92nd Regiment |
| Regiment Number (s) | 1134 |
| Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation | 1st April 1837 / 18 years / Edinburgh Scotland Plumber |
| Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars | 5 Ft 7 in Fresh / Grey / Light Brown / None |
| Overseas Service/Duration | Malta – 3 years 4months West Indies – 2 years 10 months Ionian Islands – 2 years 1 month Gibraltar – 4 years Crimea – 9 months |
| Length of Service | 21 years 135 days |
| Rank/Date/Place of Discharge | Private / 7th September 1858 / Chatham Kent England |
| Campaign Medals | None |
| Intended Residence at Discharge | Not stated |
| Pension District
| 1858-1859 2nd Glasgow 1859 – September 1861 Western Australia October 1861 – 1903 South Australia |
| Pension Paid | 8d per diem 18th August 1897 Increased amount as yet unknown |
| 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 | 1819 Neilston Burghlad Renfrewshire Scotland |
| 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 | HEAD Bridget (Irish Marriages 1845-1958) Not yet known |
| Date/Place of Marriage | 6 March 1850 St. Mary’s Tipperary, Ireland |
| Children by 1st Wife | Alexander B 5th May 1853 Gibraltar bap 22nd May 1853 St Andrews Presbyterian Church Gibraltar Mother Bridget Head D Before 1858 Mary B 7th November 1854 Gibraltar bap 26th November 1854 St Andrews Presbyterian Church Gibraltar Father James Mother Bridget D Before 1858 |
| Father of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth | HEAD John |
| Mother of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth Marriage | Not yet known |
| Land Grants Western Australia | None |
| Occupation after Arrival | Shepherd in South Australia |
| Newspaper Articles | The Advertiser 22nd January 1901 page 8 Account of his life The Advertiser Adelaide Monday 6th July 1903 – page 6 The Advertiser 20th August 1903 – page 9 |
| Departure from Western Australia | October 1861 to Adelaide South Australia ship unknown |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial | 2nd July 1903 Destitute Asylum Adelaide South Australia 4th July 1903 in Pauper’s Grave Road 1 South Path 15 Site 123 East West Terrace Cemetery Adelaide South Australia |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife | According to The Advertiser 22nd January 1901 she died before 1858 as did their children |
| Will or Probate | None known |
| Further Information | British Army Worldwide Index 1841 Alexander Marshall 1134 Private 92nd Foot location St Vincent, St. Lucia and Dominica 1851 Alexander Marshall 1134 Private 92nd Foot location Corfu, Ionian Islands Discharge due to chronic rheumatism and catarrah making unfit to proceed to India with regiment in 1858 from Gibraltar – jopined depot in Stirling Scotland. On 23rd January 1863 Alexander Marshall was admitted to the (Royal) Adelaide Hospital age 47, a single man, religion Protestant, a hut keeper at Booberowie, he was born Glasgow Scotland and had been 2 years in the Colony having arrived on the Sultana. He was again admitted on 14th July 1876 and said he was 63 years of age, Church of England, a shepherd at Gum Creek, married born Glasgow, had been in the Colony for 18 years and had arrived on the Sultana. By the time of his third admittance on 10th April 1898 he said he was a widower age 83 a Bible Christian living at Stirling East a labourer and had been born in Scotland and had arrived in the Colony 40 years prior on the Sultana. In 1901 Mr William Fallow late of the Gordon Highlanders (92nd regiment) wrote a full account of Alexander Marshall’s life in the Advertiser and Chronicle and although some details do not correspond with his WO97 those after his arrival as a Convict guard give a detailed account of his life in Australia |