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Name | NICHOLSON – John |
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Regiment (s) | 1st Regiment |
Regiment Number (s) | 661 |
Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation | 7th February 1832 / 18 years 7 months / Leeds Yorkshire England Labourer |
Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars | 5 Ft 9½ in Fair / Grey / Brown / Gunshot wound to left arm |
Overseas Service/Duration | Canada – 7 years 2 months Nova Scotia – 5 months West Indies – 1 year 4 months |
Length of Service | 16 years 316 days |
Rank/Date/Place of Discharge | Private / 18th December 1848 / Dublin Ireland |
Campaign Medals | None |
Intended Residence at Discharge | Not stated |
Pension Districts | 1849 Halifax 1850-1852 Western Australia 1855-1857 Bolton Lancashire |
Pension Paid | 6d 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 Birth | Harewood Leeds Yorkshire |
Date/Place of Baptism | c1814 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 | No wife in Western Australia |
Date/Place of Marriage | Not applicable |
Children by 1st Wife | Not applicable |
Father of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth | Not applicable |
Mother of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth Marriage | Not applicable |
Land Grants Western Australia | Not applicable |
Occupation after Arrival | Not yet known |
Newspaper Articles | Perth Gazette 14th June 1850 |
Departure from Western Australia | 10th February 1852 left Western Australia per John Panter for London |
Date/Place of Death/Burial | 31st August 1857 Bolton Lancashire England Not yet known |
Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife | Not applicable |
Will or Probate | None known |
Further Information | Arrived in Western Australia as a single man. 1851 deserted EPF and struck off the Roll |