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| Name | TUBBS – Joseph |
|---|---|
| Regiment (s) | 40th Regiment |
| Regiment Number (s) | 510 |
| Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation | 2nd August 1827 / 21 years / Queens Square Middlesex England Carpenter |
| Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars | 5 Ft 7 in Sallow / Grey / Dark / wounded by gun shot in right foot at battle of Maharajpore |
| Overseas Service/Duration | Van Diemen’s Land – 5 months East India – 10 years 11 months Scinde, Beeloochistan and Afghanistan – 3 years 11 months |
| Length of Service | 17 years 243 days |
| Rank/Date/Place of Discharge | Private / 9th July 1845 / Chatham Kent England |
| Campaign Medals | 2nd Afghan Campaign – inscribed “Candahar, Ghuznee, Cabool 1842” Bronze Star for Maharajpore |
| Intended Residence at Discharge | London England |
| Pension Districts | 1850 2nd East London 1850 2nd North London 1854 Western Australia 1858 South Australia |
| Pension Paid | 10d per diem |
| Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland | 1st January 1854 Plymouth England |
| Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia | SEA PARK 5th April 1854 |
| Date/Place of Birth | c1806 St. George London Middlesex 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 | WEST Ann B c 1825 Camerton Somerset |
| Date/Place of Marriage | 3rd Qtr 1847 Kensington London England |
| Children by 1st Wife | Eleanor b c 1841 Covent Garden Middlesex Selina Elizabeth b 1st Qtr 1850 Strand London Mary Jane b c 1854 at sea died 26 May 1854 |
| 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 | 1858 to South Australia |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial | 18th November 1872 South Australia Not yet known |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife | Not yet known |
| Will or Probate | None known |
| Further Information | Present at the battles of Maharajpore Scinde also 2nd Afghan campaign. Discharge due to lameness caused on 29 December 1843 by gunshot through the right foot British Army Worldwide Index 1841 Joseph Tubbs 510 40th Foot Location Quettah Bombay In the 1851 Census HO 107/1509/363/65 13 Compton Road St Giles in the Field Finsbury Middlesex Mrs Tubbs received medical attention while on the Sea Park Selina Tubbs was admitted as a patient to the Royal Adelaide Hospital on 3rd September 1866. At the time she was Protestant, single, aged 17 and working as a servant, Her place of residence was Kent Town Adelaide and she had been born in London. She had been 12 years in the Colony and arrived on the Sea Park. |