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| Name | PLACKETT – Samuel |
|---|---|
| Regiment (s) | 8th Regiment 1st Battalion |
| Regiment No (s) | 2277 |
| Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation | 14th April 1845 /20 years/ Weedon Northamptonshire England Labourer |
| Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars | 5 Ft 7½ in Fresh / Grey / Brown / None |
| Overseas Service/Duration | East Indies 14 Years 1 month |
| Length of Service | 21 years 39 days |
| Rank/Date/Place of Discharge | Private / 22nd May 1866 / Newry Hampshire England |
| Campaign Medals | Indian Mutiny Medal 1857-1859 (for service at Serhampsore |
| Intended Residence at Discharge | 2 Cosford Yard Abnet Street Northampton Northamptonshire England |
| Pension Districts | 1867 Tilbury Fort 1868 Western Australia |
| Pension Paid | 1/1d per diem 1873 Increased to 1/3d per diem for service Enrolled Pensioner Force |
| Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland | 12th October 1867 Portland England |
| Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia | HOUGOUMONT 9th January 1868 |
| Date/Place of Birth | c1825 Newport Pagnell Buckinghamshire England |
| Date/Place of Baptism | Not yet known |
| Father Date/Place of Birth | PLACKETT Joseph c1797 Cranfield, Bedfordale, England |
| Mother Date/Place of Birth Marriage | COLES Sarah c1797 Lewes Sussex England 29th May 1826 Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire England |
| Siblings | Isaac B c1828 Newport Pagnell Buckinghamshire England John B c1833 Newport Pagnell Buckinghamshire England George B 1837 Bp 28 February 1837 Newport Pagnell Buckinghamshire England D 28th May 1837 Newport Pagnell Buckinghamshire England Thomas B c1841 Newport Pagnell Buckinghamshire England |
| 1st Wife Date of Birth or Baptism | McARTHUR Elizabeth (nee McCOURT) |
| Date/Place of Marriage | 5th November 1868 Fremantle Western Australia |
| Children by 1st Wife | Not yet known |
| 1st Husband of Wife | McARTHUR Unknown |
| Date/Place of Marriage | Not yet known |
| Children of 1st Husband | Not yet known |
| 3rd Husband of Wife | BUCKINGHAM Thomas |
| Date/Place of Marriage | 2nd January 1877 St George’s Cathedral Perth Western Australia |
| Children by 3rd Husband | Not yet known |
| Land Grants Western Australia | None |
| Occupation after Arrival | Not yet known |
| Newspaper Articles | |
| Departure from Western Australia | Not Applicable |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial | 15th September 1873 Western Australia |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial – Wife | Not yet known |
| Will or Probate | None Located |
| Further Information | British Army, Worldwide Index: 1851 Samuel Plackett 2277 Private location Deesa India 1861 as above location Gosport Discharge: At own request having completed 21 years’ service. Awarded a silver medal for Long Service and Good Conduct with a gratuity of £5 In the 1841 Census of Newport Pagnell. Samuel is a fifteen year old living with his parents Joseph and Sarah and his brothers Isaac, John and Thomas. Joseph is working as an agricultural labourer and was not born in the county where as the rest are. By the time of the 1851 census Samuel has left home and John is no longer with the family, Sarah, age 48, was born at Lewes, Sussex and Joseph, age 48, at Cranfield Bedfordale. In the 1861 Census Samuel Placket (sic), age 36, is an unmarried soldier at the Gosport Barracks, Alverstoke, Hampshire England. |