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Name | MILTON – Stephen |
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Regiment (s) | 70th Regiment |
Regiment Number (s) | 1223 |
Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation | 17th September 1838 / 18 years / Nenagh Tipperary Ireland Shoemaker |
Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars | Not yet known |
Overseas Service/Duration | West Indies – 2 years 4 months Canada – 2 years East Indies – 8 years 11 months |
Length of Service | 21 years 31 days |
Rank/Date/Place of Discharge | Private / 31st January 1860 / Canterbury England |
Campaign Medals | Indian Mutiny Medal |
Intended Residence at Discharge | Not yet known |
Pension Districts | 1860 2nd Glasgow 1862 Bermuda 1863-1890 Western Australia |
Pension Paid | 11d per diem 1879 Increased to 1/2½d per diem for Service in Enrolled Force |
Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland | 30th October 1862 Gravesend England (via Bermuda) |
Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia | MERCHANTMAN 15th February 1863 |
Date/Place of Birth | c1820 Carlow Carlow Ireland |
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 | McGREGOR Christina nee COOK c1820 Glasgow Scotland |
Date/Place of Marriage | Not yet known |
Children by 1st Wife | None |
Father of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth | COOK John Not yet known |
Mother of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth Marriage | UNKNOWN Harriett Not yet known |
1st Husband of Wife | McGREGOR Unknown |
Date/Place of Marriage | Not yet known |
Children by 1st Husband | Janet B 1852 Glasgow Scotland M GOLDEN William1875 Perth Western Australia D 3rd May 1924 West Perth Western Australia bur Anglican Section Karrakatta Cemetery Western Australia |
Land Grants Western Australia | Perth Lot H30 2 perches 30 roods |
Occupation after Arrival | Not yet known |
Newspaper Articles | Hobart Town Daily Mercury – page 3 (burning of “Eastern Monarch”) West Australian Thursday 4th February 1886 – page 3 Inquirer Friday 31st October 1890 – page 5 Western Mail Friday 26th August 1898 – page 47 |
Departure from Western Australia | Not applicable |
Date/Place of Death/Burial | 29th October 1890 Invalid Depot Perth Western Australia Church of England Section East Perth Cemeteries Western Australia |
Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife | 21st August 1898 West Perth Western Australia Church of England Section East Perth Cemeteries Western Australia |
Will or Probate | None known |
Further Information | Statements made that some of this man’s Army documents lost on the sinking of “Eastern Monarch” returning from her maiden voyage from Kurrachee India to England |