PERSONAL DETAILS
Name/Alias	James McNICOL (McNichol)
Birth date and place	c. 1822 Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland.
Baptism date and place
Civil Census Residences
Trade	Carpenter.
Physical Description	Height: 5 ft. 8¼ ins. Complexion: fresh. Eyes: dark. Hair: dark brown.
Marriage date and place	Married prior to arrival in Western Australia; details unknown (possibly Canada).
Spouse	Unknown.
Children	Unknown.
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	#615 Sapper.
Attestation date and place	7 Feb 1842 Glasgow.
Service/Campaigns	Halifax, Nova Scotia 7 years 3 months. Western Australia 10 years 10 months.
Musters	WO11-123 5th Company, Woolwich & Hyde Park (1851). WO11-130 (1851) to WO11-207 (1862) Western Australia.
Promotions	None.
Medals, Clasps and Badges	Four Good Conduct Badges.
Other Awards & Prizes	The Great Exhibition 1851. Bronze Medal and Present.
Casualty/Medical	None.
Courts Martial	None. Three Regimental Offences.
Discharge date and place	19 May 1863 Chatham.
Length of Service	21 years 100 days.
Chelsea Pension Reference	WO97-1362-615.
Post Discharge Residence	General Post Office, Glasgow.
Pension District	2nd West London (1867). 12th Glasgow (Apr 1868). 2nd Glasgow (1874).
Pension	1/- per diem. Not eligible for the In-Pension.
ARRIVAL IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Ship	Anna Robertson.
Departure and Arrival dates	Dep. Woolwich 10 Sep 1851. Arr. Fremantle 18 Dec 1851.
Occupations post-arrival in WA	Instructing Warder [Barker p.145]. Guildford Convict Depot Mar 1852 to Sep 1853. York Convict Depot Oct 1853 to Mar 1854.
Land Acquisition	None in Western Australia.
Newspaper articles	Perth Gazette 21 Jan 1853 (see sidebar). Inquirer & Commercial News 20 Jul 1859 (click on link for trial details).
Ship ex-WA	Lincelles.
Departure date and destination	Dep. Fremantle 27 Apr 1862 for Cape of Good Hope and London.