Private Christopher
Rhall (.......)
Back To . . .Royal
New South Wales Veterans Regiment
Born :
Where Born :
Occupation : Soldier
Regimental Number
:
Date Arrived : 16 March 1828
Ship Arrived on : "Hooghley"
Rank on Discharge : Private
Date of Enlistment : 1827
Where Enlisted :
Date of Discharge :
1830
Where Discharged : Sydney
Died : about 1831
Where Died /
Buried : Berrima
district
Parents Names :
Spouse's Name :
Mary Cassidy
Date Married :
Where Married :
Born :
Where Born :
Occupation :
Date Arrived :
Ship Arrived on :
Died : under the name Mary Rhall, in 1866
Where Died /
Buried : Gundagai,
NSW, .
Spouse's Parents :
-
- Descendants
- Area Settled :
- Sydney
-
- Children :
- Recorded so far ..
- 1 . Margaret Rhall
(b.1829....d.)
- 2 . Peter Rhall
(b.1831......d.)
- 3 . Edward Rhall
(b.1836....d.1854)
History
& Achievements :
Private Christopher Rhall arrived in
Australia as part of the Royal Veteran Corps on the 16/5/1828. His previous
military service was 7 years with an unknown Regiment . He
enlisted as a member of number 1 company of this Regiment .
Number 1 company remained in Sydney with Christopher serving there until his
discharge.
Christopher Rhall died in
the Berrima district about 1831 from injuries to the head
inflicted by one Patrick Kelly, an assigned or emancipated
convict, who was originally found guilty of Christopher's murder,
then - on appeal - was found not guilty, and acquitted. Christopher's
widow, Mary Rhall, nee Cassidy, remarried, to a Michael Reynold,
but died under the name Mary Rhall, at Gundagai, NSW, in 1866.
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(QLD) Australia
- Last revised: January 03, 2005.