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Name | SIBBALD – William |
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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 | Not yet known |
Departure from Western Australia | “Rangatiri” to the Eastern States of Australia in 1864 |
Date/Place of Death/Burial | Not yet known / Possibly at 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 |