Complex sentence: After the Military Establishment closed in 1856, it became a Reformatory for Boys with Hallen as the Chaplain and worship continued in the church with the congregation consisting of townspeople, farming settlers and military pensioners who had been granted two acre plots in the area.
Split into simpler sentences: After the Military Establishment closed in 1856, it became a Reformatory for Boys with Hallen as the Chaplain. Worship continued in the church with the congregation consisting of townspeople, farming settlers and military pensioners who had been granted two acre plots in the area.