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Name | RADFORD – Edward / Edwin |
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Regiment (s) | Honourable East India Company 2nd Bombay Fusiliers and 104th Regiment |
Regiment Number (s) | HEIC – Not yet known 104th – 1414 |
Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation | HEIC – 10th February 1852 104th – 1st November 1862 / 29 years 11 months / Bristol Gloucester England Coachsmith |
Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars | 5 Ft 6½ in Fresh / Brown / Brown / None |
Overseas Service/Duration | HEIC – 21 years 109 days 104th – 214 days |
Length of Service | 21 years 323 days |
Rank/Date/Place of Discharge | Approved Horse Guards 2nd June 1863 |
Campaign Medals | Not yet known |
Intended Residence at Discharge | Bristol England |
Pension Districts | |
Pension Paid | 11d per diem |
Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland | 26th May 1865 Portland England |
Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia | RACEHORSE 10th August 1865 |
Date/Place of Birth | c 1833 (deduced) Redcliff Somerset 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 | Not yet known |
Date/Place of Marriage | Not yet known |
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 | The Perth Gazette and West Australian Times Friday 26th July 1867 – page 3 – “Emma” The Perth Gazette and West Australian Times Friday 23rd August 1867 – page 3 – “Emma” The Perth Gazette and West Australian Times Friday 30th August 1867 – page 2 – Emma The West Australian Monday 22nd March 1886 – page 3 – Emma |
Departure from Western Australia | Not applicable |
Date/Place of Death/Burial | 1867 at sea wreck of “Emma” off Dirk Hartog Island Western Australia |
Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife | Not yet known |
Will or Probate | None known |
Further Information | Edward Radford was one of seven pensioners returning to Fremantle from Geraldton on the Emma when it was lost with all hands in 1867 off Dirk Hartog Island WA. |