MOORE – Peter 28th and 22nd Regiment – Enrolled Pensioner Force WA

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28th Regiment North Gloucestershire Colours

Name	MOORE – Peter
Regiment (s)	28th and 22nd Regiment
Regiment Number (s)	2164 – 28th Regiment 2629 – 22nd Regiment
Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation	30th November 1843 / 18 years / Dublin Ireland Labourer
Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars	5 Ft 7½ in Fresh / Blue / Dark Brown / None
Overseas Service/Duration	East Indies – 10 years 4 months Malta – 1 year 3 months
Length of Service	17 years 330 days
Rank/Date/Place of Discharge	Private / 6th May 1862 / Chatham Kent England
Campaign Medals	None
Intended Residence at Discharge	Manchester England
Pension Districts	1862 Manchester 1863 Tilbury 1863- Western Australia
Pension Paid	10d per diem June 1878 Increased to 1/2d per diem for service in the Enrolled Force Western Australia
Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland	23rd September 1863 Portland Dorset England
Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia	LORD DALHOUSIE 28th December 1863
Date/Place of Birth	1825 Delganey near Newtown Wicklow 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	(Possible) McDONALD Elizabeth B 1821 Kings County Ireland
Date/Place of Marriage	(Possibly) 24 Jul 1859 Manchester, Lancashire England
Children by 1^st Wife	Elizabeth B 1860 Salford Lancashire England D Not yet known
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	28th April 1884 and 19th August 1884 granted North Fremantle Location P78 of 1 acre 3 roods 7 perches above Rocky Bay in the area between Harvest and Bay Roads (Title Deed 6/146)
Occupation after Arrival	1882 worked as a labourer on the Canning road
Newspaper Articles	The Herald Saturday 9th December 1882 – page 3
Departure from Western Australia	Not yet known
Date/Place of Death/Burial	D 14th April 1887 Western Australia bur East Perth Cemeteries Western Australia
Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife	A widow Eliza Moore died 18th June 1895 at Perth Hospital age 64 born 1831 which could have been his wife. Bur East Perth Cemetery
Will or Probate	None known
Further Information	British Army Worldwide Index 1851 Location Dagshai India 1861 Malta Discharge due to chronic inflammation of the liver and enlargement of the spleen the result of intermitted attacks of fever when on duty in India. In the 1861 Census of England Peter Moore is living at 15 Lords Court Salford, Lancashire with his wife Elizabeth a charwoman age 40 born Kings County Ireland and their daughter Elizabeth born 1860 at Salford. Peter Moore was in the Enrolled Force for the required 7 years and except for working as a labourer on the Canning road in 1882 there is no further mention of him, nor is his death reported in the newspapers.