REILLY / RIELLY – Joseph 46th Regiment – Enrolled Pensioner Force WA

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Name	REILLY / RIELLY – Joseph
Regiment (s)	46th Regiment
Regiment Number (s)	406
Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation	23rd March 1826 / 21 years / Dublin Ireland Labourer
Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars	5 Ft 7 in Fresh / Grey / Grey / None
Overseas Service/Duration	East Indies – 5 years 312 days
Length of Service	21 years 193 days
Rank/Date/Place of Discharge	Colour Sergeant / 28th September 1847 / Fort George Guernsey Channel Islands
Campaign Medals	None
Intended Residence at Discharge	Branixstown near Trim Meath Ireland
Pension Districts	1847 1st Dublin 1848 Jersey 1850 Southampton 1850 Tilbury 1850 Woolwich 1851 Tilbury Fort 1851-1863 Western Australia
Pension Paid	1/8 per diem Increased 6th August 1850 to 1/9d per diem retrospective to 19th October 1847
Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland	13th March 1851 Portland England
Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia	PYRENEES 28th June 1851
Date/Place of Birth	c1805 Brannockstown Trim Meath Ireland
Date/Place of Baptism	Not yet known
Father Date/Place of Birth	Not yet known
Mother Date/Place of Birth Marriage	Not yet known
Siblings	Not yet known
1^st Wife Date of Birth or Baptism	REGAN Catherine c1808 Brannockstown Trim Meath Ireland
Date/Place of Marriage	Not yet known
Children by 1^st Wife	Joseph Thomas B 23rd December 1836 Richmond Barracks Dublin Ireland bap 9th January 1837 St. James Dublin Ireland M 1st BARROWS Mary Lucille 10th April 1855 Perth Western Australia M 2nd FERNIHOUGH Annie 30th May 1906 Northam Western Australia D 13th October 1915 Northam Western Australia bur Northam Pioneer Cemetery Western Australia Catherine B 1839 Stonehouse Barracks Plymouth Devon England Philip B c 16th May 1841 St. Helier Jersey Channel Irelands M BUTLER Ellen 29th August 1876 Perth Western Australia D 18th December 1895 Marble Bar Western Australia Jane Mary B 1843 Athlone Ireland M LUCAS Joseph Aloysius 10th April 1866 Fremantle Western Australia D 14th May 1922 Bayswater Western Australia bur Roman Catholic Section Karrakatta Cemetery Western Australia
Father of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth	Not yet known
Mother of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth Marriage	Not yet known
Land Grants Western Australia	None
Occupation after Arrival	Staff Office book keeper (Clerk)
Newspaper Articles	Perth Gazette and Independent Journal of Politics and News 14th May 1852 Inquirer and Commercial News Perth 9th December 1863 page 2 Death notice of Joseph Reilly late Quartermaster Sergeant of Her Majesty’s 46th Regiment Western Australian Times Perth 10th December 1863 Page 2 as above Western Australian Times Perth 30th May 1879 page 2 JT Reilly departs Perth Western Australian Times Perth 10th June 1879 page 2 Passenger list Rob Roy West Australian Perth 16th November 1880 Northam Advertiser 21st December 1895 page 2 death of Philip The Record Perth 22nd November 1902 page 13 Obit Mrs JT Reilly The Record Perth 16th October 1915 page 9 Obit for JT Reilly Northam Advertiser 16th October 1915 page 2 Obit for JT Reilly West Australian Perth 20th September 1927 page 1 death of Ellen Reilly
Departure from Western Australia	Not applicable
Date/Place of Death/Burial	3rd December 1863 Perth Western Australia East Perth Cemeteries Western Australia
Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife	1854 Western Australia Not yet known
Will or Probate	None known
Further Information	British Army Worldwide Index 1841 Joseph Reilly 406 Corporal 46th Foot location Depot Jersey and Cork !841 Census HO 107/1461/17/34 Fort Regent Barracks Jersey Channel Islands Joseph Reily (sic) age 35 soldier is living with his wife Catherine age 30, , son Joseph age 5 all born Ireland, daughter Catherine age 2 born England and son Philip aged just 21 days, he was born on Jersey. Joseph Thomas Reilly wrote an autobiography titled “Reminiscences of Fifty Years Residence in Western Australia” in 1903 which sets out the origin and subsequent descendants of the Reilly family. This book was later republished in a shortened form by Lucille Quinlan as “Undaunted Spirit.”