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Name | WATKINS – John |
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Regiment (s) | 94th Regiment |
Regiment Number (s) | 901 |
Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation | 18th September 1833 / 19 years 4 months / Bury St Edmonds Suffolk England Servant |
Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars | 5 Ft 6¼ in Fresh / Hazel /Dark Brown / Injury to left hand |
Overseas Service/Duration | East Indies – 11 months |
Length of Service | 7 years 262 days |
Rank/Date/Place of Discharge | Private / 27th May / Fort Pitt England |
Campaign Medals | Not yet known |
Intended Residence at Discharge | Newmarket England |
Pension Districts | 1841 Bury St Edmonds 1850-1902 Western Australia |
Pension Paid | 6d per diem |
Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland | 4th March Portsmouth England |
Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia | SCINDIAN 1st June 1850 |
Date/Place of Birth | c1815 Dalham Newmarket Suffolk 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 Elizabeth |
Date/Place of Marriage | Not yet known |
Children by 1st Wife | 2 children – unknown names |
Father of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth | Not yet known |
Mother of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth Marriage | Not yet known |
2nd Wife | Not yet known |
Date/Place of Marriage | Not yet known |
Children by 2nd Wife | Not yet known |
Land Grants Western Australia | 1850 assigned Lot P17 South Perth 1861 off pension: 1865 pension restored |
Occupation after Arrival | Not yet known |
Newspaper Articles | Perth Gazette 14th June 1850 |
Departure from Western Australia | Not applicable |
Date/Place of Death/Burial | 24th March 1902 Mt. Eliza Depot Perth Western Australia Anglican Section Karrakatta Cemetery Western Australia |
Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife | 1872 Perth Western Australia (tentative) Church of England Section East Perth Cemeteries Western Australia |
Will or Probate | None known |
Further Information | Discharged after receiving injury to left hand and two joints of little finger cut off by natives who attacked him at Cannamore. |