BAKER Philip
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NAME Philip BAKER | Name variations: Phillip |
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Birth Date and Place | c. 1805 Adair, Adair, Limerick, Ireland [WO131-0002]. |
Baptism Date and Place | |
Marriage Date and Place | c. 1835/1836 Albany, Western Australia – not verified [deduced]. |
Spouse | Sophia POINTS [deduced]. |
Children | William Philip b.1836 (d.1838) Albany, Western Australia [FSLDS 7720553-286]. Eliza b.1837 Albany, Western Australia [BLKB p.122]. James b.1838 Albany, Western Australia [FSLDS 7720553-288]. William Philip b.1840 Albany (d.1841 Perth), Western Australia [FSLDS918779-3-23]. Emma Amelia b.1841 Perth, Western Australia [WABDM Reg.3]. Mary Ann (Molly) b.1843 Perth, Western Australia [WABDM Reg.191]. |
Occupations | Labourer 1824 [WO131-0002 p.1]. Shoemaker, Albany 1841. Carpenter, Perth 1841 [EPCEM]. |
Land Acquisition in WA | Town Allotment, Albany, Western Australia [Perth Gazette 22 Apr 1843]. Purchase date unknown; advertised for sale April 1843. |
Death Date and Place | 11 June 1843 Perth, Western Australia [WASRO Cons. 3403-1843-021]. Cause of Death: Alcoholic Dropsy. |
Burial Date and Place | June 1843 East Perth Cemetery, Western Australia. |
Death, Funeral, Obituary Notices | |
Will and Probate | Will: 27 Apr 1843. Admon. Bond: 11 Sep 1843. Probate: 11 Sep 1843 Civil Court of Western Australia [WASRO Cons. 3403-1843-021]. |
BRITISH ARMY | |
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Regiment | 21st (Royal North British Fuzileers) Regiment. |
Soldier No. and Rank | #330 Sergeant [WO131-0002]. |
Attestation Date and Place | 1 Jul 1824 Limerick, Limerick, Ireland. |
Physical Description | Height: 5 ft. 9 ins. Complexion: fair. Eyes: blue. Hair: sandy (at discharge age 35). |
Service/Campaigns | Van Dieman’s Land and Swan River 6 years and upwards. |
Promotions | Private to Corporal 22 Aug 1826. Corporal to Sergeant 22 May 1829. |
Medals, Clasps and Badges | None. |
Casualty/Medical | Opinion of the Principal Medical Officer at Fremantle is that he is free from any complaint likely to affect his life, 25 Jun 1841 [WO131-0002]. At an Examination of Invalid Soldiers on 14 Jul 1841, it was recorded he was eligible ‘free of charge for the deferred pension’ [WO31-0040]. |
Regimental Courts Martial | None. |
District Courts Martial | None. |
General Courts Martial | None. |
Arrival Australia State: Ship and Date | Java. Embarked 24 Jun 1833 Deptford [WO25-3503]. Dep. Cork 24 Jul 1833. Arr. 18 Nov 1833 Port Jackson, Sydney, NSW [DPS, TROVE]. Lord Lyndoch. Dep. 6 Dec 1833 Sydney, NSW. Arr. 10 Dec 1833 Hobart, VDL. [WO12-3802-150,TROVE]. |
Arrival Western Australia: Ship and Date | Caroline 25 Feb 1835 from Hobart [TROVE]. |
Military Postings within Western Australia | On detachment Feb 1835 to Sep 1837 [WO12-3803-220 to WO12-3806-173]. King Georges Sound Oct 1837 to Jul 1840 [WO12-3806-196 to WO12-3809-63]. |
Discharge Date and Place | 31 Jul 1840 Swan River Colony, Western Australia [WO131-0002]. |
Age at Discharge | 35 years. |
Length of Service | 16 years 32 days. |
Chelsea Pension Reference | WO131-0002. Registered for deferred pension and gratuity of 12 months pay [WHIT p.63]. |
Pension District | Not stated. |
Pension Amount | Not stated. |
ADDITIONAL DETAILS
Sergeant Phillip Baker arrived in Sydney NSW on 21 Nov 1833 as a guard on the convict ship Java. He transferred to Van Diemen’s Land and in 1835 came to Western Australia with his regiment.Sophia Points (Baker’s future wife) arrived in Hobart from Gravesend on Strathfieldsaye in mid-August 1834 as a single woman aged 19. Her passenger details indicated she was a housemaid and would be ‘going to friends’; possibly to Mrs Collins of Argyle Street [BPP1835 NSW].
Sophia left Hobart for Albany, Western Australia sometime before 1836 on a ship, as yet, unknown.