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| Name | MOODY – Thomas |
|---|---|
| Regiment (s) | 3rd Light Dragoons 13th Light Dragoons and 3rd Dragoon Guards |
| Regiment Number (s) | 1338 – 3rd Light Dragoons 61 – 3rd Dragoon Guards |
| Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation | 19th December 1842 / 18 years / London Middlesex England Whitesmith |
| Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars | 5 Ft 6 in Hazel / Dark Brown / Dark / Nond |
| Overseas Service/Duration | East Indies – 10 years Turkey and Crimea – 2 years |
| Length of Service | 15 years 168 days |
| Rank/Date/Place of Discharge | Sergeant / 1st June 1858 / Chatham Kent England |
| Campaign Medals | Sutlej Medal with Ferozeshah and Sobraon clasps Punjab Medal with Chillianwallah and Goojerat clasps Crimea medal with Alma Balaclava Inkerman and Sebastopol clasps Turkish Crimean Medal |
| Intended Residence at Discharge | 35 Henrietta Street Covent Garden London England |
| Pension Districts | 1858 Salisbury 1859 North 1st London 1860 1st West London 1862 Western Australia 1863 Victoria 1863 Sydney 1863 Auckland NZ 1871-1898 Napier NZ |
| Pension Paid | 1/0d per diem |
| Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland | 6th October 1861 Portland England via Cape of Good Hope |
| Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia | Lincelles 28th January 1862 |
| Date/Place of Birth | c1824 St. Mary Liverpool Lancashire England |
| Date/Place of Baptism | Not yet known |
| Father Date/Place of Birth | MOODY Joseph c1802 Ireland |
| Mother Date/Place of Birth Marriage | UNKNOWN Elizabeth c1804 Ireland |
| Siblings | Maria or Mary B c1839 Westminster Middlesex England |
| 1st Wife Date of Birth or Baptism | HORRAN Susan |
| Date/Place of Marriage | 1886 New Zealand reg 1886/547 |
| Children by 1st Wife | 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 |
| Land Grants Western Australia | None |
| Occupation after Arrival | Not yet known |
| Newspaper Articles | Evening News (Sydney, NSW: 1869-1931) Friday 8 October 1886 page 7 An Interesting Career (Thomas Moody) Also New Zealand Herald Vol XXIII Issue 7745 17 September 1886 (similar articles NZ Papers past site) Press Volume LV issue 10180 29th October 1898 Obituary (NZ Papers past site) |
| Departure from Western Australia | 1862-3 |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial | October 1898 Gisborne New Zealand |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife | Not yet known |
| Will or Probate | None known |
| Further Information | British Army, Worldwide Index 1851 Corporal 1338 location Wazirabad Pakistan Discharge: “The tibia and fibula of right leg were fractured by a kick from a horse when Sergt. Moody was on a general watering parade on duty. There is still discharge from 2 open orifices most probably kept up by the diseases bone. Sergt. Moodie has seen hard service in India and the Crimea which may have weakened the constitution and prevented the proper union of the bones. He was wounded at Chillianwallah. In the 1861 Census RG09/176/90 King Street, St. Anne Westminster London Joseph Moody was living with his parents Elizabeth and Thomas Moody and his sister Maria. During the voyage of the Lincelles Sergeant Thomas Moody was appointed to the position of Sergeant Major however due to intemperance he was demoted and Edward McSherry appointed in his place. He was paid in Western Australia to December 1862 Thomas Moody enlisted at Sydney NSW in the 2nd Waikato regiment on 21 August 1863 to fight in the New Zealand Maori wars. For his service he was awarded the NZ War medal and was granted a block of land. According to one newspaper article he spent twelve years in the Colonial forces. A marriage is recorded for Thomas Villers Moody and Susan Horran in New Zealand in 1886 but a wife is not mentioned in his obituary and he died in an Old men’s’ home in Gisborne |