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    The Pensioner Guards were English military personnel who served on convict transportation ships en route to colonial Western Australia between 1850 and...
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    The sale of the Pensioner Guard Cottage created public disagreement among some members of the Bassendean community. Pensioner Guards were British army...
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  • internal promotions.: 29  On convict ships, the convicts were guarded by pensioner guards, who were soldiers awarded pensions for their service in areas such...
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  • The handsome parsonage was named "Braybrook". Enrolled Pensioner Guards had volunteered as guards on the ships transporting convicts to Western Australia...
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  • Hill Dixon. Also on board was 10-year-old George Throssell, a son of a pensioner, who later became the second Premier of Western Australia. The arrival...
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    development of North Fremantle was the arrival of convicts, and pensioner guards in 1850. Pensioner guards were granted land in North Fremantle. In 1851 John Bruce...
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    Until 17 March 1834, they were known as The Honourable Band of Gentlemen Pensioners. The corps was formed as the Troop of Gentlemen in 1509 by King Henry...
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    A Chelsea Pensioner, or In-Pensioner, is a resident at the Royal Hospital Chelsea, an Old Soldiers' retirement home and nursing home for former members...
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    now called West Toodyay. Temporary accommodation for the Enrolled Pensioner Guards was also constructed and surveys were carried out to enable more permanent...
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    superintendent.: 44 : 29  On convict ships, the convicts were guarded by pensioner guards, who were soldiers awarded pensions for their service in areas such...
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