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| Name | SINCLAIR – David |
|---|---|
| Regiment (s) | Royal Marines Chatham Division 13th Company |
| Regiment Number (s) | 6703 |
| Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation | 30th October 1827 / 18 years/Glasgow Lanarkshire Blacksmith |
| Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars | Not yet known |
| Overseas Service/Duration | Ships: Gloucester 18 August 1829-14 November 1830 Britannia 15 November 1830-12 November 1832 Barnham 20 April 1835-3 April 1839 Queen 1 October 1840-11 July 1844 Vernon 4 April 1845-7 November 1848 Afloat or at Foreign Stations: 14 Years 6 months 24 days On shore: 6 years 5 months 19 days |
| Length of Service | 21 years 12 days |
| Rank/Date/Place of Discharge | Private / 10th November 1848 / Royal Marine Barracks Chatham Kent |
| Campaign Medals | Not yet known |
| Intended Residence at Discharge | Not yet known |
| Pension Districts | 1848 1st Edinburgh 1851 Western Australia 1857-1863 South Australia 1864 Scotland |
| Pension Paid | £15.4.0 per annum |
| Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland | 16th July 1851 Plymouth England |
| Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia | MINDEN 14th October 1851 |
| Date/Place of Birth | c1809 Old Grayfriars Edinburgh 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 | UNKNOWN Mary Ann c1812 France – British subject (1871 Census) |
| 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 | Lock-up keeper Champion Bay 14 August 1854 –see Barker “Warders and Gaolers” p 191 |
| Newspaper Articles | Inquirer Perth Wednesday 18th August 1852 – page 2 South Australian Register 11 December 1856 Passengers on Louisa |
| Departure from Western Australia | C1856 to Victoria Australia He was paid WA to 31 December 1856 Mary Sinclair left for South Australia on the Louisa 30 November 1856 |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial | Not yet known |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife | Not yet known |
| Will or Probate | None known |
| Further Information | Discharged at his own request and length of service. In the 1851 census David age 41 and his wife Mary age 38 are lodgers in the home of Janet McKenzie at Campbells Close Canongate Midlothian Scotland. Both have Edinburgh Midlothian as their place of birth. David was a Greenwich pensioner. 1871 Census Scotland: David Sinclair was living at 17 Abbeyhill, South Leith aged 60, a labourer and was born Greyfriars Scotland His wife Mary aged 58 is living at the same address, she was born in France and was a British subject They do not appear in the 1881 census |