Sergeant Daniel Humm (1767.....1827)
- Back to . . .73rd
Regiment Royal Highland
- Surnames of the 102nd
who stayed
Born :
1767
Where Born : Suffolk
Occupation : Soldier ,Woolcomber
Date Arrived : 28 June 1790
Ship Arrived : "Scarborough "
Rank on Discharge : Sergeant
Date of Enlistment : 102nd Regiment 28 September 1789
Where Enlisted : England
Transferred : Veteran Company 24 April 1810
Date of Discharge :
Where Discharged : Sydney
Died : 2 November 1827
Where Died /
Buried : Parramatta
/ St John's Cemetery Parramatta
Parents Names :
Spouse's Name : Mary Hook
Date Married : 1810
Where Married : Parramatta
Spouse's Parents :
Born : 1769
Where Born :
Occupation :
Date Arrived :
Died : 1 October 1849
Where Died /
Buried : Parramatta
/ St John's Cemetery, Parramatta
- Descendants
- Area Settled :
-
- Parramatta
- Children :
History
& Achievements :
- Very little is known about Sergeant Daniel Humm
- Sergeant Daniel Humm's
Headstone reads as follows (typed as shown on his
headstone)
- DANIEL HUMM
- Also
- Died Novr 2n 1827 aged 58
years
as per
register the above was a Sergeant as well with the
Veterans
- ( this one is the soldier
of the 73rd )
who died
14th June 1842 aged 47 Years.
- The deceased was a Native
of the Colony
and left
in 1814 with th 73rd Regt for / the East
- Indies and after serving
three various en
- garments (commencing with
the siege and
- Capture of Kandy) during a
period of 27 years
he
returned to his Native land rewarded
with a
pension for his service but with
- such an emaciated body worn
and
- wounded that it sank
shortly after
- his return
- Also
- MARY the wife of the above
- DANIEL HUMM Senr.
- Died Octr 1st 1849 aged 80
years
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- References
- Military records ,Pay rolls, Pay Musters,
Cemetery Records, Church Records & General Muster Records, Mitchell Library
,Sydney Australia
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