Corporal David King
(c1789.......)
- Back To . . . 51st Foot.2nd Yorkshire ,
West Riding Light Infantry Regiment
Born :
c1789
Where Born : Dunferline, Fife
Occupation : Weaver / Soldier
Date Arrived :
30th December 1838 Van Diemans Land
Ship Arrived on :"
Portsea"
Rank attained : Corporal
Date of Enlistment :
11 July 1816 101st Regiment Foot
Volunteered On Reduction of 101st to transfer 51st Regiment 11 July 1816
Where Enlisted : Portsmouth
Date of Discharge :-
24 October1843 aged 54
Where Discharged : Hobart
Died :
18th October 1848
Where Died /
Buried :
Parents Names :
Spouse's Name : Isabelle McIntosh
Born :
c1796
Where Born :
Occupation : Soldiers wife
Date Arrived :
30th December 1838 Van Diemans Land
Ship Arrived on :"
Portsea"
Date Married :
1818
Where Married :
Died : 1873 age 77.
Where Died /
Buried : Cornelian Bay Cemetery Hobart
Spouse's Parents :
-
- Descendants
This information Kindley
supplied by Lindsay King
Lindsay
King
-
Fay Lawrence f.lawrence@bigpond.com
- Area Settled :
- Hobart
- Children :
- John, migrated to Melbourne in 1857 on 'Medway'.
- History &
Achievements :
- Promoted from corporal to colour sergeant 1813, Reduced to
private in 1832 ,possible court martial (hard to read), Promoted to corporal
in 1838 before embarking for with wife Isabel (McIntosh, IGI
states married) and children, possibly five
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