39th Dorsetshire Regiment 1826-1832.
Green Linnets; Sankey's Horse
Background
1702 Raised as Coote's Regiment.
1707-1732 Spain, Minorca, Gibraltar.
1732-1754 England, Ireland, service as Marines.
1751 Designated 39th Regiment.
1754-1757 India-Primus in Indis; first Line Regiment to serve
in India.
1757-1793 Ireland, Gibraltar, England.
1793-1803 W Indies.
1803-1808 England, Mediterranean.
1808-1814 Peninsular War.
1814-1815 N America.
1815-1818 Army of Occupation in France.
1818-1827 Ireland.
In New South Wales
1826 First Det arrives Port Jackson.
25 Dec 1826 Det of Capt Wakefield and 23 OR established
settlement at Frederickstown, King George Sound;
Comdt Maj Lockyer, 57th Rcgt; Wakefield assumed
command 2 April 1827.
June 1827 Establishes settlement at Raffles Bay, NT. Capt Smyth
Comdt. Abandoned later.
10 August 1827 Relieved 57th at Norfolk Island.
September 1827 Relieved 3rd Regt at Port Macquarie.
23 August 1828 Last Det reaches Port Jackson.
1828 Detachments at Norfolk Island, Port Macquarie,
Parramatta, Raffles Bay, King Georges Sound,
Liverpool, Emu Plains, Illawarra, Mounted Police.
August 1829 Settlement at Raffles Bay abandoned; det move to
King George Sound.
3 December 1829 Captain Collett Barker assumes cored at King George
Sound.
March 1831 39th and convicts withdrawn from King George Sound to
allow free settlers from Swan River settlement to
take up land. Det 39th replaced by 63rd.
April 1832 Pte Thomas Brennan executed by firing squad for
attempting to shoot a sergeant.
30 April 1831 Barker speared to death while exploring at the mouth
of the Murray River.
July 1832 HQ and six coys to India.
Exploration
November 1828 Captain Charles Stun explores Upper Macquarie River,
discovers Darling River.
1829-30 Start explores Murrumbidgee to Murray River and
junction with Darling, then to Lake Alexandrina.
1830 Captain Forbes explores Liverpool Ranges.
April-May 1832 ```northern sector.
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