Sorry forgot to say that I know about the Monaro pioneers site and have contributed quite a bit of info to it - wonderful site.  I may resort to a message there very soon as I have only been looking for his place of birth for a couple of days and it is all very new

 

Mike   are you saying that a person who joined Staffordshire volunteers is very likely to be english?  Would it be unlikely that a Scot or Irish person would join?

Do you know if Baldry is an english name as I have never heard it before

 

thanks again for your wonderful help............Liz