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| Name | MASH / MARSH / MUSH – John |
|---|---|
| Regiment (s) | 4th Regiment |
| Regiment Number (s) | 344 |
| Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation | 6th May 1826 / 18 years / Bury St Edmunds England Labourer |
| Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars | 5 Ft 9½ in Swarthy / Grey / Grey / None |
| Overseas Service/Duration | Portugal – 1 year 3 months New South Wales – 6 years 5 months East Indies – 8 years 6 months |
| Length of Service | 21 years 92 days |
| Rank/Date/Place of Discharge | Private / 24th August 1847 / Chatham Kent England |
| Campaign Medals | None |
| Intended Residence at Discharge | Linton Cambridgeshire England |
| Pension Districts | 1847 Cambridge 1855-1856 Western Australia 1856-1879 South Australia |
| Pension Paid | 1/0d per diem |
| Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland | 5th February 1855 Plymouth England via Cape of Good Hope |
| Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia | STAG 23rd May 1855 |
| Date/Place of Birth | c1808 Shudy-Camps near Linton Cambridgeshire England |
| Date/Place of Baptism | Not yet known |
| Father Date/Place of Birth | UNKNOWN Robert Not yet known |
| Mother Date/Place of Birth Marriage | UNKNOWN Sarah Not yet known 1781 Suffolk England |
| Siblings | Not yet known |
| 1st Wife Date of Birth or Baptism | STINTON Susan 1831 Horseheath Cambridgeshire England |
| Date/Place of Marriage | by banns 15th October 1847 Horseheath Cambridgeshire England |
| Children by 1st Wife | Not yet known |
| Father of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth | STINTON Thomas Not yet known |
| Mother of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth Marriage | Not yet known |
| 2nd Wife Date of Birth or Baptism | VALPIED Julia b 1827 father Peter VALPIED |
| Date/Place of Marriage | 25th March 1862 Pm chapel (Meadows) Strathalbyn |
| Land Grants Western Australia | None |
| Occupation after Arrival | Not yet known |
| Newspaper Articles | Not yet known |
| Departure from Western Australia | Not yet known |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial | 21st June 1891 Meadows Strathalbyn South Australia Not yet known |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife | 14th May 1860 Meadows Strathalbyn South Australia Not yet known |
| Will or Probate | None known |
| Further Information | British Army, Worldwide Index 1841 Location Bellary, Madras Discharge due to general debility and impaired constitution. 1851 Census HO 107/1761/337 Shudy Camps, Linton, Cambridgeshire Northfield End John Marsh (sic) Head, Married, 42, Pensioner, Born Shuddy Camps, Cambridgeshire, England. Susan Marsh, Wife, Married, 20, born Horseheath Cambridgeshire Sarah Marsh, Mother, widow, 70, formerly servant, born Suffolk, (Talloutwatling?) John Marsh, nephew, 21, single, Ag labourer, born Shudy Camps, Cambridgeshire, England Marriage transcript John Marsh (sic) married 15 October 1847 at Horseheath, bachelor, soldier of Castle Camps, father Robert, a labourer, to Susan Stinton, a minor, of this parish, father Thomas, labourer, by banns. WO22/250 South Australia 1854-1862 £12/17/2 owing for wife’s passage. AJCP reel 466/87 part 2 Folio 233 Proceedings of a Court of Inquiry into complaints by the wives of the Pensioner Guard on the Stag into the conduct of the Super Intendent Surgeon Caldwell. Mrs Susan Mash gave evidence that she was one of the women who objected to being examined by Surgeon Caldwell. She also gave evidence re the treatment of Mrs Brown. John Mash also gave testimony re the state of their marriage. After the death of his wife Susan in 1860 John Married Julia Valpied in 1862, however this marriage had its problems as he advertised in the newspaper in 1874 he was not responsible for any debts she incurred. No death has been found for Julia. |