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| Name | TARGETT – John |
|---|---|
| Regiment (s) | Honourable East India Company Bombay Artillery |
| Regiment Number (s) | 178 |
| Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation | 7th June 1845 / 23 years / London Servant |
| Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars | 5 Ft 7½ in Fresh / Hazel / Brown / None |
| Overseas Service/Duration | HEIC To India 24th August 1846 per Forfarshire To England 23rd April 1861 per Cospatrick |
| Length of Service | 15 years 6 months |
| Rank/Date/Place of Discharge | Corporal / 15th May 1861 / Not yet known |
| Campaign Medals | Not yet known |
| Intended Residence at Discharge | Hammersmith London England |
| Pension Districts | 1861 2nd West London 1862 Chatham 1862 2nd West London 1864 Tilbury 1864-1865 Western Australia 1865-1889 South Australia |
| Pension Paid | 9d per diem |
| Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland | 30th January 1864 Portland |
| Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia | CLARA 13th April 1864 |
| Date/Place of Birth | c1822 Hammersmith England |
| 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 | HEXTALL nee SCANLAN Ellen c1830 |
| Date/Place of Marriage | See further information |
| 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 Perth Gazette and West Australian Times Friday 21 July 1865 page 2 Shipping list Mary Cumming |
| Departure from Western Australia | 1865 to South Australia |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial | 13th April 1889 Adelaide South Australia Bur West Terrace Cemetery |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife | 28th July 1889 Adelaide South Australia Bur West Terrace Cemetery |
| Will or Probate | None known |
| Further Information | During the voyage of the Clara John Targett had his grog stopped for 3 days and 15 days for sentry duty for disobedience by refusing to air his bed when ordered by Corporal Trueman. John Targett was admitted to the Royal Adelaide Hospital three times 31 July 1879 he was aged 64 years, married, Protestant, living Margaret Street, a labourer born Hammersmith and had been 14 years in the Colony and had arrived on the M(ary) Cumming John was the only Targett on the shipping for the Mary Cumming The information on the second and third hospital admissions (6 September 1888 and 6 October 1888) was much the same except by now he was a widower also he was living at Moore Street and had arrived on the Clara. Both John and Ellen Targett died at the home of Mr & Mrs Samuel Christopher Hughes their daughter and son-in-law. Samuel Christopher Hughes married Mary Ellen Hextall on 29th November 1880 so that makes Ellen Targett formerly Hextall nee Scanlan her mother. We do not know if it was a legal marriage or a common law marriage as there does not appear to be a registration and we do not have a death for William Hextall. John Targett may have been married previously and that could account for the information on the hospital admissions although no marriage has been found in India or the UK. |