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| Name | SHAFTER / SHAPTER – Thomas |
|---|---|
| Regiment (s) | 60th Rifles 1st Battalion |
| Regiment Number (s) | 1882 |
| Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation | 28th October 1842 / 20 years 7 months / London Middlesex England Carpenter |
| Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars | 5 Ft 7 in Fresh / Grey / Light / None |
| Overseas Service/Duration | East Indies – 11 years 141 days |
| Length of Service | 21 years 108 days |
| Rank/Date/Place of Discharge | Private / 16th February 1864 / Winchester England |
| Campaign Medals | Not yet known |
| Intended Residence at Discharge | Orchard Street Ball’s Pond Islington London England |
| Pension Districts | 1864 1st West London 1864 2nd North London 1867 Tilbury 1867-1869 Western Australia 1869-1897 South Australia |
| Pension Paid | 1/0d per diem |
| Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland | 18th April 1867 Portland England |
| Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia | NORWOOD 13th July 1867 |
| Date/Place of Birth | c1822 Mortlake London Surrey England |
| Date/Place of Baptism | 29th March 1822 Mortlock Surrey |
| Father Date/Place of Birth | SHAPTER William Henry |
| Mother Date/Place of Birth Marriage | UNKNOWN Elizabeth |
| 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 | Chronicle (Adelaide) Saturday 24th July 1897 page 23 Jubilee Celebrations |
| Departure from Western Australia | 1869 to South Australia |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial | 9th August 1897 Adelaide South Australia West Terrace Cemetery Adelaide South Australia Site unknown |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife | Not yet known |
| Will or Probate | None known |
| Further Information | British Army Worldwide Index 1851 Thomas Shapter 1882 Private 1st Battalion 60th Rifles location Kussowlee and Jalandhar India 1861 Thomas Shapter 1882 Private 1st Battalion 60th Rifles Depot location Windchester Discharge at own request having completed 21 years ‘service 1861 Census RG 09/691/156/3 Thomas Shapter is living at the Barracks, St Thomas Winchester. He is age 38 unmarried a private in the army born Mortlake Surrey. Thomas Shapter was admitted to the Royal Adelaide Hospital on 1 September 1895 age 73. He said he was a married man, protestant, living off Grey street and he was a carpenter born Surrey. He had been 26 years in the Colony and arrived on the Emily Smith. In 1897 Thomas Shapter of the 60th Royal Rifles was a guest at Queen Victoria’s Jubilee celebrations |