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Receipts for Balances of Wages. 'Vol 1. Cleopatra and Australian No 1. Officers'...

Catalogue reference: WO 28/210

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This record is about the Receipts for Balances of Wages. 'Vol 1. Cleopatra and Australian No 1. Officers'... dating from 1856 May 10-1857 Aug 20 in the series War Office: Records of Military Headquarters. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
WO 28/210
Date
1856 May 10-1857 Aug 20
Description

Receipts for Balances of Wages.

  • 'Vol 1. Cleopatra and Australian No 1. Officers' Receipts'.
  • A book of pre-printed statements of accounts and receipts for the balances of wages due to men of the Army Works Corps on the termination of their service.
  • These give the man's name, his number in the pay register, the amount paid and date, the man's signature or mark, and the name of the vessel in which he returned home. The men in this volume returned on the 'Australian' (19 May 1856) or the SS 'Cleopatra' (10 May 1856). In a number of cases the man's trade is also given.
  • A number of loose receipts have been bound into the rear of the volume.

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The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Physical description
volume(s)
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Subjects
Topics
Army
Trade and commerce
Pay and pensions
Armed Forces (General Administration)
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C2208820/

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WO 28

War Office: Records of Military Headquarters

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