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| Name | WILD – John |
|---|---|
| Regiment (s) | 18th Regiment |
| Regiment Number (s) | 477 |
| Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation | 27th February 1826 / 18 years / Not stated Labourer |
| Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars | 5 Ft 8 in Dark / Grey / Black / None |
| Overseas Service/Duration | Mediterranean – 5 years Ceylon – 3 years 34 days China including Hong Kong and Canton – 6 years 180 days |
| Length of Service | 20 years 318 days |
| Rank/Date/Place of Discharge | Private / 16th July 1847 / Chatham Kent England |
| Campaign Medals | The 18th regiment received the First China War medal 1840-1842 (1st Opium War) |
| Intended Residence at Discharge | Tipperary Ireland |
| Pension Districts | 1847 Chatham 1848 Clonmel 1848 Limerick 1849 Clonmel 1850-1863 Western Australia 1863-1881 Victoria |
| Pension Paid | 1/0d per diem |
| Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland | 22nd July 1850 Portland Dorset England |
| Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia | HASHEMY 25th October 1850 |
| Date/Place of Birth | c1808 Doon Limerick Ireland |
| Date/Place of Baptism | Not yet known |
| Father Date/Place of Birth | WILD Thomas |
| Mother Date/Place of Birth Marriage | CARROLL Sarah |
| Siblings | Not yet known |
| 1st Wife Date of Birth or Baptism | WOOD Ellen |
| Date/Place of Marriage | 1st May 1848 Tipperary Ireland (Woods) |
| 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 | Granted Lot P12 Albany 3 acres Albany Road (Highway) Title application 1863 Title 1945 |
| Occupation after Arrival | Not yet known |
| Newspaper Articles | Inquirer 30th October 1850 – page 3 Perth Gazette and Independent Journal of Political and News WA – Shipping Intelligence 1st November 1850 – page 2 – List of Pensioners named Geelong Advertiser Friday 7th January 1881 page 2 death of John Wild Geelong Advertiser Thursday 21st May 1885 Death notice Ellen Wild |
| Departure from Western Australia | Pension paid in Western Australia until 31st May 1863 then re-located to Melbourne (via Adelaide) with pension paid there until 31st March 1881 |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial | D 5th January 1881 aged 73 years at Geelong Victoria Buried Eastern Cemetery |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife | 20th May 1885 Geelong Victoria Buried Eastern Cemetery |
| Will or Probate | None known |
| Further Information | British Army Worldwide Index 1841 John Wild 477 Private 18th Foot location Hong Kong and Canton Discharge due to general debility Surgeon’s Log for “Hashemy” states wife aged 36 on sick list 28th August 1850 In 1854 Captain Bruce paid an unexpected visit to Albany and he gave a good account of the ten Enrolled Pensioners on his arrival at Albany, John Wild, Patrick White, M. Fitzgerald and K. Gregory have all cleared land and erected cottages, recommends they be paid the 15 pounds. Capt. Bruce protested at the hardship caused by the reduction of the flour ration to a woman being reduced to ½ lb per day, bread and tea being the usual fare of the Albany Pensioner. He recommended increasing the amount to 1lb per day. SROWA Cons 36 Vol 303 folio 118 On 8th January 1855 John Wood, a nailer of Broad street Irishtown Limerick wrote to the Treasury London inquiring into the whereabouts of £5 his brother-in- law John Wild a pensioner of the 18th Royal Irish Regiment had sent him. AJCP Reel 753 piece 93 page 364 there is a reply to this page later.Many of the pensioners once having got title to their allotment sold up and moved to the Eastern States where they thought there were more opportunities and John and Ellen Wild were no exception. |