Marine Private Clayton, John
- Arrival: Private - Royal
Marines 29th (Portsmouth) Company Ship:
Scarborough 26 January 1788
- 10 March 1788 - John was
court martialled and sentenced to 150 lashes for taking a convict woman into
camp. He received the flogging two days later
- 4 March 1790 - Sent to
Norfolk Island on board
the 'Supply'
- 26 January 1791 -
Injured his back when he fell from a tree onto a stump
- December
1792 - Returned to
England on board the 'Atlantic'
C/D
Died Norfolk Island 2 July 1801 Buried 3 July 1801 still
enlisted in the marines
City
of Sydney Historical Program
Researched
Cathy Dunn C/D
References
Military records ,Pay rolls, Pay Musters, Cemetery Records, Church
Records & General Muster Records, Mitchell Library ,Sydney Australia
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