Park, Michael

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PERSONAL DETAILS
Name/AliasMichael PARK 
Birth date and place1832 Camelon, Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland.
Baptism date and place5 August, Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland.
Civil Census ResidencesMain Street, North Side, Cumbernauld, Dunbartonshire. Scotland (1841).
Kensington Palace Barracks, St Margarets, Westminster, Middlesex, England (1851).
Craigton Terrace, Springburn, Lanarkshire, Scotland (1871).
See Muster below (1861).
TradeMiner.
Railway Brakesman (1871).
Physical Description
Marriage date and placeOctober 1851 Lewisham, Kent.
SpouseJane REID or Jane Elizabeth JOHNSON.
ChildrenNone found from 1851 to 1871.
Death date and place
Burial date and place
Will and Probate
Death/Funeral Notices
ARMY SERVICE DETAILS
Corps and CompanyRoyal Engineers 20th Company (formerly Royal Sappers & Miners).
Service No. and Rank#2448 Sapper.
Attestation date and placec. 1850.
Service/CampaignsWestern Australia 10 years 8 months.
MustersWO11-130 (1852) to WO11-207 (1862) Western Australia.
Promotions
Medals, Clasps and Badges
Other Awards & PrizesThe Great Exhibition.
Bronze Medal and Present.
Casualty/Medical
Courts Martial
Discharge date and place
Length of Service
Chelsea Pension ReferenceNo Chelsea Pension WO97 records extant.
Post Discharge Residence
Pension
ARRIVAL IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA
ShipMarion.
Departure and Arrival datesDep. Portland 2 Nov 1851. Arr. Fremantle 30 Jan 1852.
Occupations post-arrival in WAInstructing Warder [Barker p.166].
Toodyay Road Party (1853).
Fremantle (1854).
York (1856).
Guidford (1859).
Subscriptions to FundsNone.
Land AcquisitionNone in Western Australia.
Newspaper ArticlesInquirer & Commercial News 4 Feb 1852 and 30 Apr 1862.
Ship ex-WALincelles.
Departure date and destination27 Apr 1862, Cape of Good Hope and London.