PERSONAL DETAILS
Name/Alias	Charles MILSOM
Birth date and place	6 Jul 1819 Bedminster, Somerset, England.
Baptism date and place	Jul 1819 St John’s Church, Bedminster, Somerset, England.
Civil Census Residences	13 Middle Street, Brompton, Kent (1851). See Musters below (1841, 1851, 1861).Dorcas Milsom (widow) and various children at 17 New Street, Bideford, Devon (1871, 1881 and 1891).
Trade	Smith (Blacksmith).
Physical Description	Height: 5 ft. 8 ins. Complexion: dark. Hair: brown. Eyes: brown. Marks or Scars: Name on left arm.
Marriage date and place	c. 1843 Gibraltar (no record extant).
Spouse	Dorcas Maria GARLAND.
Children	Charles b. 1844, Gibraltar. Harriett Maria b. 1846, Gibraltar. Caroline b. 1847, Gibraltar. Maria b. 1849, Woolwich, Kent. John b. 1855, Fremantle, Western Australia. Elizabeth b. 1857, Fremantle, Western Australia. Eliza b. 1859, Fremantle, Western Australia.
Death date and place	1866 Q1 Bideford, Devon.
Burial date and place
Will and Probate	None.
Death Notices
ARMY SERVICE DETAILS
Corps and Company	Royal Engineers 20th Company (formerly Royal Sappers & Miners).
Service No. and Rank	#24 Sapper.
Attestation date and place	26 Mar 1840 Devonport, Devon.
Service/Campaigns	Gibraltar 7 years 9 months. Western Australia 10 years 10 months.
Musters	WO11-92 7th Company, Captain Gordon’s Detachment, Gibraltar (1841). WO11-124 11th Company, Chatham (1851). WO11-130 (1851) to WO11-207 (1862) Western Australia.
Promotions & Reductions	Sapper to 2nd Corporal 1 May 1853. 2nd Corporal to Sapper 3 Mar 1854.
Medals, Clasps and Badges	Four Good Conduct Badges.
Casualty/Medical	None.
Regimental Courts Martial	Tried and reduced (to Sapper) for absence without leave 28 Feb to 2 Mar 1854. Two Regimental offences (no details available).
Discharge date and place	27 Nov 1862 Chatham.
Length of Service	22 years 244 days.
Chelsea Pension Reference	WO97-1364-234.
Post Discharge Residence	High Street, Bideford, Devon.
Pension	1/0½d. per diem. Assistance to widow refused 9 Jun 1896 via Rev. R Granville.
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.152 see sidebar]. Guildford Convict Depot Aug 1852 to May 1853.
Subscriptions to Funds	None.
Land Acquisition	None in Western Australia.
Newspaper Articles	Perth Gazette 26 Dec 1851.
Ship ex-WA	Lincelles.
Departure date and destination	Dep. Fremantle 27 Apr 1862 for Cape of Good Hope and London.