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| Name | RANDAL / RANDALL – Thomas |
|---|---|
| Regiment (s) | Rifle Brigade 1st and 2nd Battalion |
| Regiment Number (s) | 3108 (2nd Battalion) |
| Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation | 6th July 1847 / 18 years / Westminster Middlesex London Labourer |
| Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars | 5 Ft 7 in Fresh / Hazel / Brown / Wound by a fragment of shell damaging flexor tendons of left thigh (Crimea) |
| Overseas Service/Duration | North America – 3 years Crimea – 1 year |
| Length of Service | 7 years 342 days |
| Rank/Date/Place of Discharge | Private / 12th June 1855 / Chatham Kent England |
| Campaign Medals | Crimea War Medal: clasps for Alma and Sebastopol |
| Intended Residence at Discharge | Symons Street Chelsea London England |
| Pension Districts | 1855 2nd West London July 1857 – 1875 Western Australia May have moved to South Australia post 1880 (no pension details) |
| Pension Paid | 8d per diem 1881 increased to 1/2d for service to Enrolled Force |
| Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland | 19th March 1857 London England |
| Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia | CLARA 3rd July 1857 |
| Date/Place of Birth | 3rd September 1829 St Luke’s Chelsea Middlesex England |
| Date/Place of Baptism | bap 28th March 1830 St Luke’s Chelsea Middlesex England |
| Father Date/Place of Birth | RANDAL Charles Not yet known |
| Mother Date/Place of Birth Marriage | UNKNOWN Mary Not yet known Not yet known |
| Siblings | George b 1826 London Middlesex Charles b 1834 London Middlesex Elizabeth b 1837 London Middlesex |
| 1st Wife Date of Birth or Baptism | HOLGATE Mary Ann 1841 Barbados bap 29th June 1860 (RC) as an adult Fremantle Western Australia |
| Date/Place of Marriage | 2nd November 1857 Fremantle Western Australia |
| Children by 1st Wife | Mary Elizabeth B 1st September 1858 Fremantle Western Australia M HALLIDAY William c1873 D 20th September 1943 Robert Michael B 1860 Fremantle Western Australia |
| Father of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth | HOLGATE Robert – Royal Artillery 2nd Battery arrived “Runneymede” 1856 c1807 Colne Lancashire England |
| Mother of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth Marriage | McCOY Mary B c1813 England |
| Land Grants Western Australia | None |
| Occupation after Arrival | Temporary Assistant Warder Perth Prison 1859 |
| Newspaper Articles | The Advertiser Monday 26th July 1897 page 5 Jubilee banquet The Express and Telegraph Wednesday 13th July 1898 page 2 Funeral Notice Thomas |
| Departure from Western Australia | Not Known post-1880 |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial | July 1898 Goodwood Adelaide South Australia Bur West Terrace Cemetery |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife | Not yet known |
| Will or Probate | None known |
| Further Information | In the 1841 Census Thomas and his family is living at Symons Street Chelsea Thomas Randell was present at the banquet in 1897 celebrating the Queen’s Jubilee at Adelaide SA Death of his wife is unknown she was sometimes known as Weston according to evidence she gave in a trial see: The Perth Gazette and West Australian Times 8th October 1869 page 3 |