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| Name | OAK / OAKS – William |
|---|---|
| Regiment (s) | 46th Regiment |
| Regiment Number (s) | 706 |
| Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation | 20th November 1833 / 19 years 7 months / Knagle House Wiltshire England Labourer |
| Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars | 5 Ft 10¼ in Fresh / Hazel / Brown / None |
| Overseas Service/Duration | Gibraltar – 4 years 130 days West Indies (including Barbados) – 3 years North America – 3 years 76 days |
| Length of Service | 15 years 99 days |
| Rank/Date/Place of Discharge | Private / 13 March 1849 / Not yet known |
| Campaign Medals | None |
| Intended Residence at Discharge | Heytesbury England |
| Pension Districts | 1849 Trowbridge 1850-1871 Western Australia |
| Pension Paid | 7d 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 | c1814 Corton near Heytesbury Wiltshire England |
| 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 | PALMER Mary Ann Caroline Greenslade B 15th January 1833 Guildford Western Australia |
| Date/Place of Marriage | 3rd March 1852 (C. of E.) Perth Western Australia |
| Children by 1st Wife | Possibly Mary Emma b 1852 Western Australia M DUNN William, 4 Apr 1868 Christ Church, Victoria, Australia D 1935 Warragul, Victoria, Australia |
| Father of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth | PALMER Robert Greenslades |
| Mother of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth Marriage | UNKNOWN Maria |
| 2nd Husband of wife | CLARK Andrew M 24 Apr 1857 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
| Land Grants Western Australia | Not applicable |
| Occupation after Arrival | Farm Labourer at Guildford |
| Newspaper Articles | Perth Gazette 14th June 1850 |
| Departure from Western Australia | Not applicable |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial | 28th May 1871 Guildford Western Australia Not yet known |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife | Not yet known |
| Will or Probate | None known |
| Further Information | British Army Worldwide Index 1841 William Oak 706 46th Foot location Gibraltar Discharge due to chronic rheumatism and defective vision After the arrival of the Scindian at Fremantle Captain Henderson wrote a report listing the rank name, trade or calling, rate of pension, date of enlistment for 5 months service, marital status, and number of children for each pensioner. Sometimes the trade of calling differed from that recorded at the time of attestation: Private William Oaks, farm labourer, 7d, 21st January, single.
Not known when Mary Ann Greenslades PALMER left Western Australia between 1852 to 1857 and married, perhaps bigamously, Andrew Clark. |