Hi, i'm looking for information on Thomas Bennett Pte 3498, he served in the 40th foot regiment. The information i have is that he enlisted 21/11/1854 at Taunton, served in New Zealand and then deserted while on garrison duty at Sandhurst (Bendigo) on 21/101856. Thomas was born in Broadclyst Devon about 1835. Any info would be fantastic ! Cheers and thanks Paul Sullivan
G'day, someone who deserted in Bendigo in 1856 most likely went in search of gold. You could check the Victorian BDM indices, but as a deserter, he probably adopted an alias from that time on: a very high brickwall to scale 150 years later. The Victoria Police Gazette included notes about ships' and other deserters: you might get a clue there. They also published follow-up notices, if there was any outcome. Next I'd look at any indices relating to courts & prisons. Best of luck: I think you'll need it. Peter THOMAS Darwin, AUSTRALIA <pmthomas@bigpond.com> -----Original Message----- From: paul [mailto:ssul5000@bigpond.net.au] Sent: Friday, 7 April 2006 3:07 AM To: AUS-MILITARY-L@rootsweb.com Subject: RE THOMAS BENNETT MOARI WAR Hi, i'm looking for information on Thomas Bennett Pte 3498, he served in the 40th foot regiment. The information i have is that he enlisted 21/11/1854 at Taunton, served in New Zealand and then deserted while on garrison duty at Sandhurst (Bendigo) on 21/101856. Thomas was born in Broadclyst Devon about 1835. Any info would be fantastic ! Cheers and thanks Paul Sullivan ______________________________
Hello My Great Great Grandfather was in the 40th Regiment of foot. I got the 1852 pay lists from the AJCP from the library See my site http://www.angelfire.com/film/vulcan/ You maybe able to find some information by looking at records of the 40th on the AJCP at state libraries Regards Kathryn ----- Original Message ----- From: "paul" <ssul5000@bigpond.net.au> To: <AUS-MILITARY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, April 07, 2006 3:37 AM Subject: [AUS-MIL] RE THOMAS BENNETT MOARI WAR > Hi, i'm looking for information on Thomas Bennett Pte 3498, he served in the 40th foot regiment. The information i have is that he enlisted 21/11/1854 at Taunton, served in New Zealand and then deserted while on garrison duty at Sandhurst (Bendigo) on 21/101856. Thomas was born in Broadclyst Devon about 1835. Any info would be fantastic ! > Cheers and thanks > Paul Sullivan