Summers, John
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| PERSONAL DETAILS | |
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| Name/Alias | John SUMMERS. |
| Birth date and place | c. 1830 Blantyre, Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland. May have been the younger brother of William Summers #2119 20th Company RSM. |
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| Civil Census Residences | Muir Wind, Hamilton, Lanarkshire (1841 tentative). Kensington Palace Barracks, St Margarets, Westminster, Middlesex, England (1851). See Musters below (1851, 1861, 1871). |
| Trade | Mason. |
| Physical Description | Height: 5 ft. 9 ins. Complexion: fresh. Eyes: grey. Hair: grey. |
| Marriage date and place | Single while in Western Australia. |
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| ARMY SERVICE DETAILS | |
| Corps and Company | Royal Engineers 20th Company (formerly Royal Sappers & Miners). |
| Service No. and Rank | #2527 Sapper. |
| Attestation date and place | 29 Apr 1850 Glasgow, Lanarkshire. 12 Apr 1861 Re-engaged, Rochester for 10 years 61 days. |
| Service/Campaigns | Western Australia 4 years 144 days. Malta 4 years 229 days. Gibraltar 3 years 337 days. |
| Musters | WO11-126 22nd Company, Chatham & Hyde Park (1851). WO11-130 (1852) to WO11-146 (1856) Western Australia. WO11-192 31st Company, Chatham (1861). WO11-362 31st Company, Curragh Camp, Ireland (1871). |
| Promotions | None. |
| Medals, Clasps and Badges | One Good Conduct Badge. |
| Other Awards & Prizes | The Great Exhibition 1851. Bronze Medal and Presents. |
| Casualty/Medical | None. |
| Regimental Court Martial | Tried and Imprisoned for disobedience of order 13 Jan 1854 to 26 Feb 1854. Sixteen times entered in the Regimental Defaulters Book. |
| Discharge date and place | 9 Jul 1872 Carlisle Fort. |
| Length of Service | 22 years 31 days. |
| Chelsea Pension Reference | WO97-1856-238. |
| Post Discharge Residence | No. 97 Thistle Street, Garnet Hill, Glasgow. |
| Pension District | Glasgow? |
| Pension | 9½d. per diem. |
| ARRIVAL IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA | |
| Ship | Marion. |
| Departure and Arrival dates | Dep. Portland 2 Nov 1851. Arr. Fremantle 30 Jan 1852. |
| Occupations post-arrival in WA | Instructing Warder. |
| Subscriptions to Funds | None. |
| Land Acquisition | None in Western Australia. |
| Newspaper Articles | Perth Gazette 15 Aug 1856. |
| 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. |