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Name | WRIGHTSON – John |
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Regiment (s) | Honourable East India Company – 1st Madras Fusiliers |
Regiment Number (s) | Discharge No. 2615 |
Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation | 12th March 1846 / 22 years / Ennis Clare Ireland Labourer |
Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars | 5 Ft 5½ in Fresh / Blue / Brown / Flesh wound to right thigh |
Overseas Service/Duration | HEIC |
Length of Service | 16 years |
Rank/Date/Place of Discharge | Private / 10th September 1861 / India |
Campaign Medals | Indian Mutiny Medal with Lucknow clasp |
Intended Residence at Discharge | Limerick Ireland |
Pension Districts | 1861 Limerick 1863 2nd Cork 1864 Galway and Limerick 1866 Western Australia |
Pension Paid | 1/0d per diem |
Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland | 7th April 1866 Portland Dorset England |
Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia | BELGRAVIA 4th July 1866 |
Date/Place of Birth | 1824 Ennis Clare 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 | UNKNOWN Mary (tentative) B 1846 Not yet known |
Date/Place of Marriage | Not yet known |
Children by 1st Wife | None 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 | Perth Location Y139 0.2.28 acres |
Occupation after Arrival | Not yet known |
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Departure from Western Australia | Not yet known |
Date/Place of Death/Burial | Not yet known |
Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife | 12th February 1890 Location not yet known |
Will or Probate | None known |
Further Information | 1846 travelled to India on ‘Asiatic’ May 1861 travelled to UK from India ‘General Caulfield’ |