| PERSONAL DETAILS | |
|---|---|
| Name/Alias | John CAMERON |
| Birth date and place | c.1819 Canongate, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland. |
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| Civil Census Residences | Kensington Palace Barracks, Westminster, Middlesex (1851). See Musters below (1841, 1851, 1861). |
| Trade | Miner. |
| Physical Description | Height: 5 ft. 9½ ins. Complexion: fair. Eyes: grey. Hair: fair. |
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| ARMY SERVICE DETAILS | |
| Corps and Company | Royal Engineers 20th Company (formerly Royal Sappers & Miners). |
| Service No. and Rank | #22 Sapper. |
| Attestation date and place | 21 Mar 1840 Edinburgh, Midlothian. |
| Service/Campaigns | Cape of Good Hope 8 years 7 months. Western Australia 9 years 2 months. |
| Musters | WO11-93 10th Company, Cape of Good Hope (1841). WO11-123 5th Company, Woolwich & Hyde Park (1851). WO11-130 (1852) to WO11-146 (1856) Western Australia. WO11-158 (1858) to WO11-207 (1862) Western Australia. |
| Promotions | None. |
| Medals, Clasps and Badges | South Africa Medal Kaffir Wars 1843-1847. |
| Other Awards & Prizes | The Great Exhibition 1851. Bronze Medal and Present. |
| Casualty/Medical | None. |
| Courts Martial | Tried and imprisoned for Habitual Drunkenness 4 Sep to 8 Oct 1855. Tried and imprisoned for Habitual Drunkenness 29 Oct 1859 to 27 Feb 1860. Tried and imprisoned for being Drunk 9 Nov to 11 Dec 1861. Imprisoned by Commanding Officer 31 Dec 1861 to 1 Jan 1862. Forty-seven Regimental offences. |
| Civil Court | Arrest Warrant issued 8 Jun 1859. Committed for trial July Quarter Sessions Perth, 1859. Selling government timber and employing convicts in cutting and sawing it. Acquitted. |
| Discharge date and place | 6 Nov 1862 Chatham. |
| Length of Service | 22 years 93 days. |
| Chelsea Pension Reference | WO97-1359-182. |
| Post Discharge Residence | 87 Green, Aberdeen, Scotland. |
| Pension District | Aberdeen (1862). Dundee (1863). 2nd Glasgow (1864). |
| Pension | 8½d. per diem. |
| ARRIVAL IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA | |
| Ship | (1) Marion. (2) Nile. |
| Departure and Arrival dates | (1) Dep. Plymouth 2 Nov 1851. Arr. Fremantle 30 Jan 1852. (2) Dep. Plymouth 23 Sep 1857. Arr. Fremantle 1 Jan 1858. |
| Occupations post-arrival in WA | Instructing Warder [Barker p.30-31]. North Fremantle Convict Depot Sep 1853 to Apr 1854. Wreck Diver [Connolly Vol.2, p.57]. |
| Land Acquisition | None in Western Australia. |
| Newspaper Articles | Perth Gazette 1 Jul 1859. |
| Ship ex-WA | (1) Esmeralda. See Crimean War Connection. (2) Lincelles. |
| Departure date and destination | (1) Dep. Fremantle 25 Feb 1856, via Cape of Good Hope and St Helena to London. (2) Dep. Fremantle 27 Apr 1862 for Cape of Good Hope and London. |
