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| Name | FARRELL – Michael |
|---|---|
| Regiment (s) | 99th and 77th Regiment |
| Regiment Number (s) | 2856 – 77th |
| Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation | 8th October 1852 / 17 years 9 months / Cork Cork Ireland Labourer |
| Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars | 5 Ft 6 in Fresh / Grey / Brown / loss of two fingers left hand by amputation after wounded |
| Overseas Service/Duration | Mediterranean Crimea and Turkey – 9 months |
| Length of Service | 3 years 15 days |
| Rank/Date/Place of Discharge | Private / 22nd January 1856 / Chatham Kent England |
| Campaign Medals | Crimea War Medal with Alma and Inkerman clasps Crimea Turkish Medal |
| Intended Residence at Discharge | Castlemartyr Cork Ireland |
| Pension Districts | 1856 Fermoy 1857 Clonmel 1857 1st Cork 1857 Fermoy 1858 Clonmel 1858-1897 Western Australia 1897 Melbourne 1898 Adelaide |
| Pension Paid | 8d per diem 1874 Increased to 9d per diem 1903 Increased to 18d per diem |
| Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland | 26th August 1858 Plymouth England |
| Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia | EDWIN FOX 20th November 1858 |
| Date/Place of Birth | c1835 Ballymacoda Castlemartyr Cork 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 |
| 1st Wife Date of Birth or Baptism | BYRNE / BRIEN / O’BRIEN or O’BRIAN Catherine or Katherine bap 11th June 1837 Aglish Waterford Ireland |
| Date/Place of Marriage | 18th October 1857 Aglish Coolroe Waterford Ireland |
| Children by 1st Wife | Mary Jane B 1859 Western Australia D 13th February 1874 Geraldton Western Australia bur Roman Catholic Section Urch Street Cemetery now Apex Park Geraldton Western Australia Michael B 1862 Geraldton Western Australia M OLLY Elizabeth 1888 Geraldton Western Australia D 18th January 1931 Geraldton Western Australia bur Roman Catholic Section Utakarra Cemetery Geraldton Western Australia Margaret B 1864 Geraldton Western Australia M PEARSE Henry 1883 Greenough Western Australia D 21st July 1944 Glendalough Western Australia bur Roman Catholic Section Karrakatta Cemetery Western Australia Ellen B 1866 Geraldton Western Australia M MURPHY Jeremiah 1884 Geraldton Western Australia M McDONNELL Michael 1915 Geraldton D 22nd November 1919 Geraldton Bur Geraldton Cemetery (Apex Park) D Not yet known Edmund B 1869 Greenough Western Australia D 10th March 1962 Geraldton Bur Utakarra Cemetery (Edward Henry) William Joseph B 1871 Greenough Western Australia M WELLINGTON Helena 1893 Northampton Western Australia D 1960 Mary Ann B 1874 Geraldton Western Australia M PARK William Henry 1899 Geraldton Western Australia D 29th July 1953 Perth Western Australia bur Roman Catholic Section Karrakatta Cemetery Western Australia Launcelot B 1876 Geraldton Western Australia M WELLINGTON Maud Mary Ann 1900 Northampton Western Australia D 1953 Catherine B 1885 Geraldton WA |
| Father of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth | O’BRIAN or BRIEN Edmund or Edmond Not yet known |
| Mother of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth Marriage | WALSH Mary Not yet known |
| Land Grants Western Australia | Upper Greenough Lot G36 20 acres Title 1/26 Lot G37 20 acres Title 2222 |
| Occupation after Arrival | Prison Warder Geraldton 1862 Farmer and Station hand |
| Newspaper Articles | The Daily News Perth Saturday 15th January 1916 – page 5 |
| Departure from Western Australia | Not yet known |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial | c1898 England (possibly In Patient Chelsea Hospital) Not yet known |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife | 11th January 1916 Geraldton Western Australia Roman Catholic Section Urch Street Cemetery now Apex Park Geraldton Western Australia |
| Will or Probate | None known |
| Further Information | Discharge due to the loss by amputation of the 2 last phalanges of the fourth and middle fingers of the left hand after a wound by a fragment of shell on 28th August at the quarries. 17th November 1902 Michael was medically examined in Sydney NSW after which his pension was increased to 18d In the obituaries for both Catherine and Ellen a Mrs Honeybone from Victoria is mentioned but which daughter it is has not been found but it could be Catherine |