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Name | WELDON – Robert |
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Regiment (s) | 31st Regiment |
Regiment Number (s) | 2201 |
Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation | 7th December 1843 / 18 years / Dublin Dublin Ireland Labourer |
Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars | 5 Ft 7½ in Sallow / Grey / Dark Brown / Gun shot wound in left leg at Feroze |
Overseas Service/Duration | East Indies – 2 years 3 months |
Length of Service | 3 years 282 days |
Rank/Date/Place of Discharge | Private / 14th September 1847 / Chatham Kent England |
Campaign Medals | Not yet known |
Intended Residence at Discharge | Drogheda Ireland |
Pension Districts | 1847 Drogheda 1857 South Australia |
Pension Paid | 8d 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 | c1825 St George’s Dublin Dublin Ireland |
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 | BANNON Catherine Not yet known |
Date/Place of Marriage | Not yet known |
Children by 1st Wife | Mary B 1858 Adelaide South Australia D 1858 Adelaide South Australia Robert B 1859 Adelaide South Australia M GAY Alice Maud 1911 Adelaide South Australia John B 1862 South Australia D 1888 Adelaide South Australia Catherine B 1975 Adelaide South Australia |
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 | 1857 to South Australia |
Date/Place of Death/Burial | 1885 Adelaide South Australia (possibly) Not yet known |
Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife | Not yet known |
Will or Probate | None known |
Further Information | Still being paid pension in South Australia in 1879. Entitled to Campaign Medals further research required. |