Difference between revisions of "John Reynolds Palmer"
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==Background== | ==Background== | ||
| − | John Palmer joined the British Army on 01 May 1842, and was commissioned Lieutenant on 06 January 1846. With the 12th Regiment. Palmer and his wife sailed to Victoria on the [[Empress Eugene]] arriving on 03 November 1854. Palmer served during the Kaffir Wars in South Africa and was awarded the South African Medal in 1853. Palmer was promoted to Captain on 26 August 1854.<ref> | + | John was born in 1820, the son of Lieutenant Colonel Reynolds Palmer R.A. and Constance Grace nee Collins, John Palmer joined the British Army on 01 May 1842, and was commissioned Lieutenant on 06 January 1846 with the 12th Regiment. John Palmer and his wife sailed to Victoria on the [[Empress Eugene]] arriving on 03 November 1854. John Palmer served during the Kaffir Wars in South Africa and was awarded the South African Medal in 1853. John Palmer joined the British Army on 01 May 1842, and was commissioned Lieutenant on 06 January 1846. With the 12th Regiment. Palmer and his wife sailed to Victoria on the [[Empress Eugene]] arriving on 03 November 1854. Palmer served during the Kaffir Wars in South Africa and was awarded the South African Medal in 1853. Palmer was promoted to Captain on 26 August 1854. He died in 1861.<ref>Research By Will Reynolds, 14 May 2021</ref> |
==Goldfields Involvement, 1854== | ==Goldfields Involvement, 1854== | ||
| + | John Palmer was promoted to Captain on 26 August 1854. The 12th (East Sussex) Regiment was involved in the Eureka rebellion. It seems that for what ever reason, John was not. He passed away in 1861.<ref>Research By Will Reynolds, 14 May 2021</ref> | ||
==Post 1854 Experiences== | ==Post 1854 Experiences== | ||
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Revision as of 14:21, 14 May 2021
Contents
Background
John was born in 1820, the son of Lieutenant Colonel Reynolds Palmer R.A. and Constance Grace nee Collins, John Palmer joined the British Army on 01 May 1842, and was commissioned Lieutenant on 06 January 1846 with the 12th Regiment. John Palmer and his wife sailed to Victoria on the Empress Eugene arriving on 03 November 1854. John Palmer served during the Kaffir Wars in South Africa and was awarded the South African Medal in 1853. John Palmer joined the British Army on 01 May 1842, and was commissioned Lieutenant on 06 January 1846. With the 12th Regiment. Palmer and his wife sailed to Victoria on the Empress Eugene arriving on 03 November 1854. Palmer served during the Kaffir Wars in South Africa and was awarded the South African Medal in 1853. Palmer was promoted to Captain on 26 August 1854. He died in 1861.[1]
Goldfields Involvement, 1854
John Palmer was promoted to Captain on 26 August 1854. The 12th (East Sussex) Regiment was involved in the Eureka rebellion. It seems that for what ever reason, John was not. He passed away in 1861.[2]
Post 1854 Experiences
Palmer was still with the 12th Regiment in 1860. [3]
Family
Obituary
See also
Further Reading
Corfield, J., Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. The Eureka Encyclopaedia, Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004.
References
External links
Citation Details Eurekapedia, http://eurekapedia.org, accessed [insert date]
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Citation Details: Gervasoni, Clare, ‘Manestra Flatow', Eurekapedia, http://eurekapedia.org, accessed [insert date]
