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| Name | SIBBALD – William |
|---|---|
| Regiment (s) | 72nd Highlanders |
| Regiment Number (s) | 1817 – 72nd Highlanders 675 – 72nd Highlanders |
| Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation | 1 – 21st December 1843 / 17 years / Glasgow Lanarkshire, Scotland Labourer 2 – 14th May 1860 / 34 years / Edinburgh Scotland Labourer |
| Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars | 5 Ft 6.3/8 in Swarthy / Blue / Black / None |
| Overseas Service/Duration | Gibraltar – 3 years 2 months West Indies – 4 months Crimea – 1 year East Indies – 2 years |
| Length of Service | 17 Years 281 days |
| Rank/Date/Place of Discharge | 1 – Private / 11th April 1860 / unreadable 2 – Private / 3rd December 1861 / Chatham England |
| Campaign Medals | Indian Mutiny Medal 1857-1859 with Central India Clasp Crimean War Medal Turkish Crimea War Medal |
| Intended Residence at Discharge | Blantyre Lanarkshire Scotland |
| Pension Districts | 1861 2nd Glasgow 1862 Tilbury 1862 Western Australia 1864 New South Wales 1874 Victoria |
| Pension Paid | 10d 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 | 1825 Blantyre Hamilton Lanarkshire Scotland |
| 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 Does not appear to have been married when in Western Australia as he sailed alone on the “Rangatiri” to Eastern States in 1864 |
| 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 South Australian Advertiser Wednesday 11th May 1864 page 2 Passenger Rangatira |
| Departure from Western Australia | “Rangatira” to the Eastern States of Australia in 1864 |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial | Sandhurst Melbourne Australia in 1887 |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife | Not yet known |
| Will or Probate | None known |
| Further Information | 1851 British Army World Wide Index – shows William with the 72nd at Bristol England 1861 British Army World Wide Index – shows William with the 72nd at Aberdeen Scotland Discharge: At own request. Private William Sibbald 72nd Highlanders a worn out old man who has been troubled with a cough since his return to this country states he was invalided from the West Indies so far back as 1848 for pulmonary … While in India during the mutiny contracted disease of the chest which he still suffered from (Chronic bronchitis) ascribed to climate and hard service –was wounded by a fragmentary shell on back of head in Crimea [8th September at Sebastopol] and states he still has been subject to pains in the head since. In the 1851 Census William Sibbald age 28, single, is with his regiment at the Horsfield Barracks, Clifton, Gloucestershire, England. His pension was paid in Victoria from January 1868 until September 1887. He was struck off the pension list in 1889. The Transfer Authority under which his pension was paid is No 1974 for which there is no record. |