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Fired a 'Feu de Joie' in front of the barracks on Friday 24th in honour of her Majesty's birthday
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Account of the cause of the ill feeling between military and townspeople
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50 of the Regiment embarked on the 'Thistle' steamer for Sydney. Ultimate desitination Norfolk Island
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Six Companies of the 99th stationed in NSW to be ordered to New Zealand
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Robert Haswell and John Morris sentenced to 4mths hard labour for assaulting a soldier of the 99th Regiment
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William James and Richard Hemmingway of 99th charged with highway robbery in Sydney
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One Captain, one subaltern, four sergeants and 64 rank and file to embark for Moreton Bay on the 'Lord Auckland' under Captain Day
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Outrages committed by soldiers of 99th Regiment quartered at Maitland
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Reinforcement of the 99th regt., arrive in Maitland per steamer. Officer and 30 rank and file
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A Corporal of the 99th regiment killed in a fight at Grove's public house at Newcastle
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A soldier of the 99th regiment underwent corporal punishment for using highly disrespectful language to his commanding officer
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Cottage Creek Cemetery, Newcastle
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Many of the stones have fallen down, while the fences enclosing the graves are rotting away and in some instances have entirely disappeared. Some of the headstones remain in a fair state of preservation, while others have so far fretted away that the inscriptions are illegible. Here and there a few words may be deciphered and on one in particular which must have been a fine stone in its day, there can be traced the words Memory of 99th regt, showing that beneath it there rests the mortal remains of one of the soldier belonging to the regiment quartered there in olden times
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The head quarters of the 99th regiment arrived in the Earl Grey at Hobart Town, which vessel will bring them on to Sydney
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Corporal Robert Worsley captured John Heeley, a deserter from the 99th Regiment who had been based at Lamb's Valley
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99th Regiment Barracks
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The new and commodious military barracks inhabited by the 99th regiment stationed at Newcastle, no doubt a great comfort of the men, as the old buildings formerly occupied by them had been scarcely tenable
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99th Regiment Officer Uniform
Source:
Australian War Memorial Online. Accession Number REL/18964.001
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Officer s Full Dress Coatee. 99th Regiment of foot. – Officer s full dress scarlet superfine double breasted coatee with cream superfine Prussian collar, edged with two pairs of buttoned gold lace loops. The centre front opening is un-laced and has five pairs of gilt buttons on each side. The cuffs are cream superfine and each cuff slash is trimmed with four square buttoned gold lace loops giving the appearance of a flap. The cuffs are secured to the sleeve with two brass hooks and embroidered eyes. Tails of coatee are edged and lined with white wool twill and have welt pockets inside each tail. Tail pockets were no longer made after 1848. The pockets and sleeves are lined with polished white linen. The outside of each tail has four square buttoned gold lace loops. At the bottom of each tail is a raised gold bullion embroidered rose with a short stem and leaves. At the back waist seam are two buttons. The body of the coatee is lined with heavily quilted and padded fawn silk twill and the waist is reinforced with red morocco leather except in the centre back section where there is a band of coarse scarlet velvet
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Armstrong 99th Regiment
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Captain John Armstrong, 99th regt. Appointed magistrate of the territory and assistant engineer at Newcastle stockade vice Lieutenant Fraser
Surname:
Armstrong 99th Regiment
Source:
The Asiatic Journal and Monthly Miscellany, Volume 37
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57th foot (at Madras). Capt. John Armstrong from h.p. 99th foot to be capt. vice Welman promoted
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Armstrong 99th Regiment
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Ensign J.J. Armstrong aged 21 died at his father s residence
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Armstrong 99th regiment
First Name:
Ensign John James
Source:
Register Book of Christ Church Cathedral Newcastle. Burials p12
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Death of Ensign John James Armstrong of 99th regt.,