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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 | London England date not known |
| 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 | UNKNOWN Ellen (tentative see further information) c1830 Not yet known |
| 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 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 (tentative see further information) |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife | 28th July 1889 Adelaide South Australia (tentative see further information) |
| Will or Probate | None known |
| Further Information | 23rd April 1861 from India to England per “Cospatrick” 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 The information on the second and third occasions (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. This information indicates his wife died between 1879 and 1888 which casts doubt on the 1889 death and also on the death of J.T. Targett in 1889 as he was the husband of Ellen who died 1889. We have no way of knowing if Ellen was the name of Pensioner John Targett’s wife. John was the only Targett on the shipping for the Mary Cumming and his wife may not have come with him on this or the Clara. According to the Adelaide Royal Hospital she died before him and his age on the death was 5 years older than that on the War Office records – so wife’s name and the above deaths are included tentatively, but require further evidence. |
