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Name | DANIEL – Richard |
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Regiment (s) | 16th – 25th February 1841 – 31st January 1842 61st – 1st February 1842 – 31st March 1843 98th – 1st April 1843 – 31st January 1855 35th – 1st February 1855 – 18th March 1862 |
Regiment Number (s) | 1608 – 16th Regiment Not known – 61st Regiment 2140 – 98th Regiment 2907 – 35th Regiment |
Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation | 25th February 1841 / 18 years / Clonmel Tipperary Ireland Labourer |
Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars | 5 Ft 8 in Fresh / Hazel / Black / None |
Overseas Service/Duration | China – 2 years 10 months East Indies – 14 years 7 months |
Length of Service | 21 years 22 days |
Rank/Date/Place of Discharge | Private / 6th March 1862 / Chatham England |
Campaign Medals | Indian Mutiny Medal 1857-1859 Punjab Medal |
Intended Residence at Discharge | Clonmel Ireland |
Pension Districts | 1862 Clonmel 1862 Tilbury 1862-1863 Western Australia 1864-1872 Madras India |
Pension Paid | 1/0d per diem |
Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland | 8th October 1862 Portland England |
Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia | YORK 31st December 1862 |
Date/Place of Birth | January 1823 St. Mary’s Clonmel Tipperary 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 | Not yet known |
Date/Place of Marriage | Not yet known |
Children by 1st Wife | 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 | Not applicable |
Occupation after Arrival | Not yet known |
Newspaper Articles | Not yet known |
Departure from Western Australia | Not known – Pension was paid in Madras India 1864 |
Date/Place of Death/Burial | 26 August 1872/Madras, India from Phthisis 27 August 1872, Madras, India |
Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife | Not yet known |
Will or Probate | None known |
Further Information | 1841 British Army World Wide Index shows Richard with 16th Foot at Canterbury Kent England 1851 British Army World Wide Index shows Richard with 98th at Peshawar Pakistan 1861 British Army World Wide Index shows Richard with 35th at Chatham England Discharge: At his own request –free to pension after 21 years’ service. |