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« on: Tuesday 05 July 22 09:40 BST (UK) »
The good news for me is that when the 11th served in Van Diemen's Land, Sydney, Norfolk Island etc the muster rolls are available. At one stage I tried to track the movement of detachments in the colony and it is a daunting task. Maybe at some future time the records at Kew will be digitized as I would like more information about my ancestor's service with the 25th!
It is possible to locate some movement of the regiments by trawling British newspapers.
I also made an effort to track the ships in which the 11th travelled, both to get here and then when on detachment. I eventually identified the ship my ancestor travelled in by looking at departure dates, how many days being paid while on board from the muster rolls, etc. It took a while!
J