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| Name | DAVIS / DAVIES – Isaac |
|---|---|
| Regiment (s) | 69th Regiment |
| Regiment Number (s) | 1141 |
| Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation | 10th February 1837 / 18 years / London Middlesex England Labourer |
| Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars | 5 Ft 6 in Fresh / Blue / Light Brown / None |
| Overseas Service/Duration | West Indies – 1 year North America – 3 years 7 months Mediterranean – 3 years 3 months |
| Length of Service | 21 years 258 days |
| Rank/Date/Place of Discharge | Private / 25th October 1858 / Inquiry Fermoy, Ireland |
| Campaign Medals | Not yet known |
| Intended Residence at Discharge | Southwick Hampshire England |
| Pension Districts | 1858 2nd Portsmouth 1860 1st Portsmouth 1862-1867 Western Australia |
| Pension Paid | 8d per diem |
| Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland | 6th October 1861 Portland England via Cape of Good Hope |
| Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia | LINCELLES 28th January 1862 |
| Date/Place of Birth | c1818 Berriton Petersfield Hampshire England |
| Date/Place of Baptism | 14 April 1818 Buriton Hampshire England |
| Father Date/Place of Birth | DAVIES Henry |
| Mother Date/Place of Birth Marriage | UNKNOWN Elizabeth |
| Siblings | Ann bp 27 August 1816 Buriton Hampshire England Jane bp 11 June 1820 Buriton Hampshire England Daniel bp 3 May 1822 Buriton Hampshire England Dorcas bp 16 January 1825 Buriton Hampshire England |
| Possible 1st Wife Date of Birth or Baptism | UNKNOWN Elizabeth (see 1861 Census) B 1834 Ireland |
| Date/Place of Marriage | Not yet known |
| Possible Children by 1st Wife | William B 1853 Ireland |
| 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 | Not yet known |
| Newspaper Articles | The Perth Gazette and West Australian Times Friday 17 February 1865 page 2: Departure of the pensioners who were later lost on the Emma The Perth Gazette and West Australian Times Friday 26th July 1867 – page 3 – “Emma” The Perth Gazette and West Australian Times Friday 23rd August 1867 – page 3 – “Emma” The Perth Gazette and West Australian Times Friday 30th August 1867 – page 2 – Emma The West Australian Monday 22nd March 1886 – page 3 – Emma |
| Departure from Western Australia | Not Applicable |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial | Died 1867 Western Australia aboard Emma |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife | Not yet known |
| Will or Probate | None known |
| Further Information | British Army, Worldwide Index 18 41 Location Fredericton, Canada 1851 Location Malta Discharge; Due to ophthalmia and chronic rheumatism In the 1861 Census of England Isaac Davis is living at 15 Chance Street Portsea, Portsea Island Hampshire with his family. His wife Elizabeth is aged 27 and was born in Ireland as was their son William age 8 From his time in Australia it would appear Isaac was a single man, his wife may have decided not to leave Britain.
In February 1865 after the murder of Messrs Panter, Goldwyer and Harding by aborigines it was decided to send a party of five EPGs to Nichol Bay abord the Clarence Packet. The chosen men were reported as Isaac Davis, Edward Goodall, John Farrell, William Whittle and a man named as Jarvice. The only EPG named Jarvis arrived in WA well after this date. EPGs Joseph Barr and Edward Radford went to Roebuck Bay aboard the Kestrel in September 1865. In 1867, these six EPGs and two others EPGs William Purvis and John Byrne perished aboard the Emma a schooner lost in a cyclone and wrecked off the coast of Coral Bay with the loss of all on board. The EMMA left Port Walcott (near Point Sampson), and the last recorded sighting was a Nichol Bay when the ship stopped there on 31 January 1867. The Emma was last heard from on 3rd March 1867 on departing Port Walcott Western Australia. Thanks to David Senn of Albany for his research on the wreck of the Emma and Chris Hall’s 2001 article attached. |