A Superior Body of Men

About the Book

This book is the culmination and encapsulation of many years of research through archival repositories and other record sources both in the UK and Australia. It adds further biographical information to the history of the military pensioners who were either discharged in the Colony of Western Australia, came as guards on the convict transports, or immigrated freely to the State. Its contribution to the historical narrative is that it answers the question many family historians ask: what ship did my military pensioner arrive on?

About the Author

M. S. James is descended from one of the original families who came to the Swan River Colony in 1829. The author has been researching the history of military pensioners in a professional capacity since the mid 1980s and is, at present, studying for a postgraduate degree in the United Kingdom.