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EPGs and New Zealand Wars by Jeanette Lee – EPG Gazette 2019 No 1
| Name | PERKINS – Job |
|---|---|
| Regiment (s) | 5th and 25th Regiment |
| Regiment Number (s) | 5th Regiment – 1045 25th Regiment – 1609 |
| Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation | 20th October 1834 / 18 years / Nottingham England Frame Work Knitter |
| Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars | 5 Ft 10 in Fair / Grey / Brown / None |
| Overseas Service/Duration | East Indies – 13 years |
| Length of Service | 21 years 283 days |
| Rank/Date/Place of Discharge | Private / 29th July 1856 / Chatham Kent England |
| Campaign Medals | New Zealand Medal (as member of Waikato Regiment post time in Western Australia) |
| Intended Residence at Discharge | Manchester/Sheffield England |
| Pension Districts | 1856 Manchester 1856 Sheffield 1856 Kilkenny 1859-1862 Western Australia 1862 Sydney 1875-1903 New Zealand |
| Pension Paid | 1/0d per diem |
| Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland | 26th May 1859 Plymouth Devon England |
| Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia | SULTANA 19th August 1859 |
| Date/Place of Birth | 1816 Barrow Loughborough Leicestershire England |
| Date/Place of Baptism | bap 10th February 1822 Loughborough Leicestershire England |
| Father Date/Place of Birth | PERKINS Job 1777 Nottingham England D 12th October 1857 Nottingham St Mary’s Anglican |
| Mother Date/Place of Birth Marriage | WALTON Ann Not yet known 28th August 1816 Barrow-upon-Soar Leicestershire England |
| Siblings | Not yet known |
| 1st Wife Date of Birth or Baptism | UNKNOWN Catherine 1815 (deduced) |
| Date/Place of Marriage | Not yet known |
| Children by 1st Wife | None known |
| Father of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth | Not yet known |
| Mother of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth Marriage | Not yet known |
| 2nd Wife | HANHAM Mary Elizabeth B 1814 (deduced) |
| Date/Place of Marriage | 1886 Thames New Zealand |
| Children by 2nd Wife | None known |
| Land Grants Western Australia | Not applicable |
| Occupation after Arrival | Not yet known |
| Newspaper Articles | Thames Star (New Zealand) Volume XVI Issue 5111 1st June 1885 Death of Catherine Perkins Thames Star Volume XXVI Issue 7904 27 August 1894 Death of Mary Perkins Thames Star Volume XXXI Issue 104919 9th December 1903 Death of Job Perkins |
| Departure from Western Australia | Not known but pension recommenced in Sydney New South Wales in 1863 |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial | 8th December 1903 Tararu New Zealand |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial 1st Wife | 3rd June 1885 Thames New Zealand |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial 2nd Wife | 25th August 1894 New Zealand |
| Will or Probate | None known |
| Further Information | British Army worldwide Index 1851 Job Perkins 1609/5th Foot 1045 Private Location Bangalore Discharge due to chronic rheumatism. After serving with the 1st Waikato regiment in New Zealand between 1864 and 1866 Job Perkins was eligible for a 50 acre grant of land which appears to have been granted at Te Papa. Later references (1902) said he lived at Franklin Street Block 27, Thames (Wellington). The land rates have Job Perkins living at various places other than Te Papa namely Richmond, Burke and Sealey streets at Thames. 31st August 1894 Job petitioned the Government for a further grant of land although the place of his death is recorded as the Old Men’s Home Tararu |