Liz there may be a small chance that,Peter Baldry, Was Originally From Ireland.As The 80th Foot were in Cork Before going to Australia.But they were all volunteers from stafford.This is what Read via Messages on Net.We know Marriage was 1841.So it was The last year the Regiment was there.So he Looks like he opted out to remain in Australia.Either That Or did a Runner Lol

Mike

 

In 1836 the Regiment left for New South Wales where it acted as Guards for the convicts. Between 1837 and 1841 the Regiment was based at Windsor, New South Wales, with detachments deployed throughout the colony.

Late in 1837 the Acting Governor of the Colony, Colonel Kenneth Snodgrass ordered Major James Nunn to lead a detachment against the Kamilaroi tribe. In late Jan 1838 Major Nunn, leading an Ensign, three Sergeants and nineteen troopers down the Gwydir River, Came across a  great many Aborigines. After a Corporal attempted to arrest an Aboriginal native, in response to which he was speared in the calf, a chain of events occurred which became known as 'The Slaughterhouse Creek Massacre'. This was the last Military Action undertaken by British troops against the Aboriginal population.

During 1839 Major Thomas Bunbury was forced to suppress a mutiny within his own men whilst Commander of Norfolk Island.

80th
 Staffordshire Volunteers 13/11/1836 from Cork the 80th Regiment left for Sydney. This comprised of only the first detachment. The remainder of the detachments leaving Cork on the 18th of December 1838. Detachments were deployed to Norfolk Island and some to New Zealand. Eventually reuniting in Sydney in 1844, the Regiment sailed for India on the 12th of August 1844.
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