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Palmer was still with the 12th Regiment in 1860. <ref>Corfield, J., Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. ''The Eureka Encyclopaedia'', Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004.</ref> | Palmer was still with the 12th Regiment in 1860. <ref>Corfield, J., Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. ''The Eureka Encyclopaedia'', Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004.</ref> | ||
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| + | ::DEATH. PALMER.—On Tuesday, the 22nd July, at No. 2 Maxwell Place, Ann-street, Brisbane, Thomas Palmer, the dearly beloved husband of Catherine Chapman, and dearly beloved brother of John R. Palmer, of this city.<ref>Brisbane Telegraph, 23 July 1884.</ref> | ||
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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.[1]
Goldfields Involvement, 1854
Post 1854 Experiences
Palmer was still with the 12th Regiment in 1860. [2]
Family
- DEATH. PALMER.—On Tuesday, the 22nd July, at No. 2 Maxwell Place, Ann-street, Brisbane, Thomas Palmer, the dearly beloved husband of Catherine Chapman, and dearly beloved brother of John R. Palmer, of this city.[3]
Obituary
- MR. JOHN R. PALMER.
- The death of another old Queensland resi dent, Mr. John K. Palmer, is reported at the age of 69. He came to Australia in 1854, and after being in Melbourne and Ballarat, he and his brother came to Brisbane in 1866, and carried on business successfully for many years, and acquired a considerable amount of property. He was in a quiet way a philanthropist, and aided especially the Blind, Deaf and Dumb Institu tion and the Presbyterian Church.[4]
See also
Further Reading
Corfield, J., Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. The Eureka Encyclopaedia, Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004.
References
- ↑ Corfield, J., Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. The Eureka Encyclopaedia, Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004.
- ↑ Corfield, J., Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. The Eureka Encyclopaedia, Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004.
- ↑ Brisbane Telegraph, 23 July 1884.
- ↑ Week, 08 July 1898.
- ↑ Wickham, D., Gervasoni, C. & Phillipson, W., Eureka Research Directory, Ballarat Heritage Services, 1999.
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