PERSONAL DETAILS
Name/Alias	James GILLIES.
Birth date and place	c. 1820 Canongate, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.
Baptism date and place
Civil Census Residences	Fieldwork Terrace, Gillingham, Chatham, Kent (1841). New Road, Woolwich, Greenwich, Kent (1851). 7 Canal Street, Manchester, Lancashire (1871 tentative). 19 Tickle Street, Manchester, Lancahsire (1881 tentative). See Musters below (1841, 1851, 1861).
Trade	Carpenter/Joiner.
Physical Description	Height: 5 ft. 6¼ ins. Complexion: fair. Eyes: hazel. Hair: sandy.
Marriage date and place	22 Dec 1839 Roxburgh Church, Edinburgh, Scotland. OR 31 Dec 1839 St Cuthberts, Edinburgh, Scotland.
Spouse	1st Helen (Ellen) MARR. Died 1854 Western Australia. 2nd Elizabeth BELLINGER or GILLIES (refer 1871 Census tentative).
Children of 1st Marriage	George b. 1841. Chatham, Kent. James b. 1843, Bermuda, West Indies. Agnes b. 1848, Sheerness, Kent. John b. 1852 (d.1852), Albany, Western Australia. William John b. 1854 (d.1854), Fremantle, Western Australia.
Death date and place
Burial date and place
Will and Probate
Death Notices
ARMY SERVICE DETAILS
Corps and Company	Royal Engineers 20th Company (formerly Royal Sappers & Miners).
Service No. and Rank	#1979 Sapper.
Attestation date and place	17 Dec 1839 Edinburgh.
Service/Campaigns	Bermuda 4 years 9 months. Western Australia 4 years 6 months.
Musters	WO11-91 5th Company, Chatham (1841). WO11-123 2nd Company, Woolwich (1851). WO11-130 (1851) to WO11-146 (1856) Western Australia. WO11-190 5th Company, Chatham (1861).
Promotions	None.
Medals, Clasps and Badges	None.
Casualty/Medical	None.
Regimental Court Martial	Tried and imprisoned for being drunk 21 Aug to 14 Sep 1855. 28 times entered in the Regimental Defaulters Book.
Discharge date and place	16 Jul 1861 Chatham.
Length of Service	21 years 187 days.
Chelsea Pension Reference	WO97-1360-242.
Post Discharge Residence	21 Bridgewater Street, Manchester.
Pension District	2nd Manchester (1861).
Pension	8d. per diem.
ARRIVAL IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Ship	Anna Robertson.
Departure and Arrival dates	Dep. Plymouth 2 Nov 1851. Arr. Fremantle 30 Jan 1852.
Occupations post-arrival in WA	Instructing Warder King George’s Sound (Albany) Convict Depot May 1852 to Aug 1853.
Land Acquisition	None in Western Australia.
Ship ex-WA	Esmeralda. See Crimean War Connection.
Departure date and destination	Dep. Fremantle 25 Feb 1856, via Cape of Good Hope and St Helena to London.