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EPF Disbanded 1887 EPG Gazette October 2011
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| Name | STEWART – Thomas |
|---|---|
| Regiment (s) | 91st 53rd and 87th Regiment |
| Regiment Number (s) | 2015 – 91st Regiment 730 – 87th Regiment |
| Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation | 2nd January 1844 / 17 years 8 months / Perth Scotland Blacksmith |
| Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars | 5 Ft 7¼ in Fresh / Blue / Dark / Balk |
| Overseas Service/Duration | East India – 15 years 4 months China – 1 year 2 months |
| Length of Service | 21 years 260 days |
| Rank/Date/Place of Discharge | Corporal / 30th May 1865 / Portsmouth England |
| Campaign Medals | Punjaub Medal Clasp Goojerat Sutlej Medal Clasp Sobraon NorthWest Frontier medal Indian Mutiny Medal with Relief of Lucknow clasp and Lucknow clasp |
| Intended Residence at Discharge | Greenock Scotland |
| Pension Districts | 1865 Paisley 1865 2nd Glasgow 1867 Tilbury 1867-1898 Western Australia |
| Pension Paid | 1/1½d per diem 1887 Increased to 1/7d per diem for service in Enrolled Force Western Australia |
| 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 | c1826 Perth Scotland |
| Date/Place of Baptism | Not yet known |
| Father Date/Place of Birth | STEWART Donald Not yet known |
| Mother Date/Place of Birth Marriage | MATHEWS Kate Not yet known |
| Siblings | Not yet known |
| 1st Wife Date of Birth or Baptism | COLLINS Eliza nee Dellar B 1845 Cheshunt, Herdordshire England 1st Husband of Wife – COLLINS William Children of 1st Marriage: Thomas Robert COLLINS b 1869 Fremantle WA M HOWSON Hannah Hall 1896 Fremantle WA D 2nd August 1944 Bicton Western Australia Bur Karrakatta Cemetery Elizabeth COLLINS B 1878 M McMULLEN Walter John 1897 D 5th October 1959 Swanbourne Western Australia Bur Karrakatta Cemetery WA |
| Date/Place of Marriage | 10th March 1880 Fremantle WA |
| Children by 1st Wife | George Glen STEWART b 1881 Fremantle WA M VINE Hellen Elizabeth 1912 Leederville WA D 4 August 1950 Wembley Western Australia Bur Karrakatta Cemetery WA |
| Father of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth | DELLAR Nathan B 1809 Died 1885 Perth Western Australia |
| Mother of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth Marriage | UNKNOWN Charlotte B 1821 Died 21st July 1845 Cheshunt Hertfordshire, England |
| Land Grants Western Australia | 10th March 1881 Wellington Turkey Point (North Bunbury) Lot P404 10 acres |
| Occupation after Arrival | Not yet known |
| Newspaper Articles | Inquirer and Commercial News Wednesday 23rd February 1859 page 2 Details of the chartering of the Hamilla Mitchell to bring emigrants to Western Australia The West Australian Tuesday 3rd July 1934 page 1 Death Notice Elizabeth Stewart The West Australian Monday 7th August 1950 page 29 Funeral Notice George Glen Stewart |
| Departure from Western Australia | Not Applicable |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial | 14th December 1898 Western Australia Not yet known |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife | 1st July 1934 East Fremantle WA Bur Fremantle Cemetery Presbyterian section |
| Will or Probate | None known |
| Further Information | British Army Worldwide Index 1851 Thomas Stewart 2115 Private 53rd foot location Rawalpindi India 1861 Thomas Stewart 205/730 Private 87th foot returning from China 2nd May 1881 letter written recommending STEWART Thomas for the Enrolled Guard to replace SHEEHAN Patrick on his resignation. Letter held SRO WA 1880 Thomas Stewart and his wife and 3 children were living at No 2 Barracks Fremantle Between July and September 1881 Thomas was employed as a labourer at the magazine. 31st March 1887 Thomas Stewart was one of the men who was serving in the Enrolled Force at the time of its disbanding. Elizabeth Dellar was born 3rd November 1843 at Cheshunt, Herfordshire to Nathan and Charlotte Dellar, by the time of the 1851 census she was a six year old inmate of the Enfield Workhouse in Edmonton Middlesex. In 1859 she arrived in Western Australia with her father Nathan and his second wife Sarah and another three children in the Hamilla Mitchell. She married William Collins (date unknown) and had 2 children, Thomas Robert and Elizabeth Collins. After William’s death she married Thomas Stewart and had another child George Glen Stewart. Also at the Enfield Workhouse in 1851 was her sister Mary Ann Dellar, age 13, who had been born at Cheshunt, Hertfordshire on 18th October 1838, she was also on the Hamilla Mitchell. |