James Thomas Pound
Warrant Gunner
Photo courtesy of Malcolm Pound (James' Great grandson)
James Thomas Pound was the son of James and Mary Anne POUND. James snr, was a rigger in the Royal Naval dockyards and the son James was born at the Pembroke Dock in 1828 when his father was serving there. The family originally came from Devonport and several served in the Navy.
J.T. Pound was a RN seaman living with his parents in Marlborough Row, Stoke Dameral, Plymouth at the time of the 1851 English census. James married Selina Priscilla Edge on 22 March 1859 at St. Mary's church, Portsea while he was serving on "HMS Excellent' the gunnery shore training establishment. The first four Pound children were born at Portsea and baptised at St. Mary's. James served on "Euralus", "Chesapeake", "Fawn", before sailing for Port Phillip on "HMVS Nelson".
James arrived in Victoria in February 1868. The Pound family lived in Williamstown where six more children were born. The fifth child may have been born at sea on the voyage to Victoria.
James Thomas Pound died at 251 Madeline St, Melbourne on 3 August 1890* and is buried in the Williamstown cemetery in a family plot with his wife and several of his children.
James remained and served in the Victorian Naval Brigade and served on HMVS Cerberus.
* This would appear to be the same date of death as that of Gunner R. Pounds.
Details supplied by Barry and Shirley Arabin.
Compensation to James (sic) Pounds for loss of appointment as Chief Gunner, Naval Forces - £135
Appropriation of Revenue 1879-80, Supplement to the Victorian Government Gazette, 6 February 1880
 The Argus, 4 August 1890
Incidentally, Chief Gunner Pound made history in the Bank of England because that institution over paid him £100 when he came to Australia. The banknote was returned and is still preserved, so I am informed, as the sole instance where the Bank acknowledged a mistake.
Albany Advertiser, 5 December 1940
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