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Name | ROBERTS / ROBARTS – James |
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Regiment (s) | 16th Lancers |
Regiment Number (s) | 1440 |
Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation | 19th September 1839 / 18 years 6 months / Queens Square Middlesex England Groom |
Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars | 5 Ft 7 in Fresh / Grey / Light Brown / Scars on leg |
Overseas Service/Duration | East Indies – 5½ years |
Length of Service | 17 Years 160 days |
Rank/Date/Place of Discharge | Private / 13th April 1857 / Chatham Kent England |
Campaign Medals | Maharajpor (Maharajpur) Star Sutlej medal with Clasps for Aliwal January 1846 and Sobraon February 1846 |
Intended Residence at Discharge | Norwich England |
Pension Districts | 1857 Norwich 1857 South London 1858 1st West London 1862 Tilbury 1862-1866 Western Australia 1866 Victoria 1869-1875 Auckland New Zealand 1876 New South Wales |
Pension Paid | 7d per diem |
Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland | 8th October 1862 Portland England |
Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia | YORK 31st December 1862 |
Date/Place of Birth | 1821 Marlow Buckinghamshire 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 | Not applicable |
Occupation after Arrival | Not yet known |
Newspaper Articles | Not yet known |
Departure from Western Australia | Not known – pension paid Melbourne Australia 1866 |
Date/Place of Death/Burial | Not yet known |
Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife | Not yet known |
Will or Probate | None known |
Further Information | 1841 British Army World Wide Index shows James with the 16th at Meerut India 1851 British Army World Wide Index shows James with the 16th at Hounslow London England SRWO: CSR Cons 36, Vol 552 Folio 52 |