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| Name | REEVES – Josiah |
|---|---|
| Regiment (s) | Royal Marines Chatham Division 17th Company |
| Regiment Number (s) | 4276 |
| Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation | 4th December 1837 / / Bath Somerset England Labourer |
| Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars | 5 Ft 6¾ in Fresh / Grey / light / None |
| Overseas Service/Duration | Blenheim 1839-1843 Cyclops 1843-1843 Trafalgar 1843-1846 Meander 1847-1851 Madagascar 1853-1858 Formidable 1859-1860 Afloat 14 years 79 days Ashore 8 years 53 days |
| Length of Service | 22 years 132 days, 1 year 122 days deducted as being underage Leaving a total 21years 10 days |
| Rank/Date/Place of Discharge | Private / 13th April 1860 / Chatham England |
| Campaign Medals | China (while serving on the Blenheim) |
| Intended Residence at Discharge | Not yet known |
| Pension Districts | 1860 Trowbridge 1865 Tilbury 1865-1868 Western Australia 1868-1869 South Australia |
| Pension Paid | £15.4.0 per annum |
| 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 | c1819 Calne Chippenham Wiltshire England |
| Date/Place of Baptism | 30th May 1819 Calne Wiltshire England |
| Father Date/Place of Birth | REEVES Thomas |
| Mother Date/Place of Birth Marriage | SUMBLER/TUMBLER Harriett 13TH May 1814 Calne, Wiltshire |
| Siblings | George B 14th May 1815 Caroline B 21st September 1817 residence Blackland David B 20th February 1821 All at St. Mary’s Colne Wiltshire England |
| 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 13th March 1868 page 2 Passenger list Emily Smith – J,Rives (sic) |
| Departure from Western Australia | To South Australia 1868 March 11th per Emily Smith |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial | 12th June 1870 (Royal) Adelaide Hospital residence Angaston south Australia |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife | Not yet known |
| Will or Probate | None known |
| Further Information | Discharge: Length of service In the 1861 Census Josiah Reeves a single man is living at the home of his brother George (a Chelsea pensioner, 60th Rifles) with George’s wife and step-children at Heddington, Wiltshire. Josiah is a Greenwich pensioner aged 42. Both Josiah and George said they were born at Blackland Wiltshire. Josiah was admitted to the Royal Adelaide Hospital on 10th June 1870. At the time he was age 51, single, a protestant residing Angaston, working as a labourer born Wiltshire and had been 2 years in the Colony having arrived on the Emily Smith. |