1816

73rd Regiment stationed in Colombo - other contingents in Kandy, Galle and coastal garrison towns.

January 27.
Deaths of Ensigns John Campbell, William Coane and Barrington Haswall - accidentally drowned in Colombo harbour.

17 February.
Arrival in Ceylon on the Wellington from Britain of Major James Vallance, Captain Loftus Owen, Lieut. John Maclaine and Ensign Mark Lidwell.

28 September.
Return from Britain of Assist. Surgeon John Dermott at Galle on the Thalia

27 October.
Execution of Private John Jenny for mutiny - for striking Capt. Haddon Smith. Death by firing squad on the Esplanade at Colombo.

November:
Small detachment of the 73rd embarked at Sydney for Ceylon via Calcutta on board the Elizabeth. They were accompanying a contingent of soldiers from the 34th, 56th, 89th Regiments and the Royal African Corps [under the command of Ensign Kenny of the 89th Regiment]. The men of the 73rd may have been the detachment that arrived in Sydney from Hobart on board H.M. Brig Emu on 30 August 1815.

29 December.
Death of Lt. James Taylor near Badulla - tropical fever.