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| Name | FITZPATRICK – Bernard |
|---|---|
| Regiment (s) | 6th Dragoons |
| Regiment Number (s) | 387 |
| Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation | 26th April 1832 / 17 years 10 months / Longford Longford Ireland Blacksmith (farrier) |
| Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars | 5 Ft 9¾ in Fresh / Grey / Sandy / None |
| Overseas Service/Duration | None |
| Length of Service | 17 years 246 days |
| Rank/Date/Place of Discharge | Private / 25th February 1850 / Dublin Ireland |
| Campaign Medals | None |
| Intended Residence at Discharge | Bristol England |
| Pension Districts | 1850 Bristol 1851 Western Australia 1858-1860 New Zealand 1860- 1862 Victoria 1862-1875 NSW |
| Pension Paid | 7d per diem |
| Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland | 16th July 1851 Plymouth England |
| Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia | MINDEN 14th October 1851 |
| Date/Place of Birth | 1814 – 1816 (deduced) Leagan Edworthstown Longford Ireland |
| Date/Place of Baptism | 14th March 1819 Longford Ireland |
| Father Date/Place of Birth | FITZPATRICK John Not yet known |
| Mother Date/Place of Birth Marriage | QUINN Catherine Not yet known 9th May 1818 Longford Longford Ireland |
| Siblings | Not yet known |
| 1st Wife Date of Birth or Baptism | GUY/GREY Elizabeth B c 1816 England |
| Date/Place of Marriage | 28th February 1838 St. Clement Cornwall England |
| Children by 1st Wife | Mary Ann B 1840 Ireland John B 14th November 1842 Scotland bap 27th November 1842 Midlothian Scotland M McCORMICK Rose 29th April 1863 Perth Western Australia D 3rd October 1909 Upper Gascoigne Western Australia Elizabeth B 1848 Ireland Bp 27th September 1847 Castlebar, Mayo Ireland William Isaac B 12th February 1850 Bp 3rd March 1850 St. Helier, Jersey Channel Islands |
| Father of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth | GUY John Not yet known |
| Mother of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth Marriage | Not yet known |
| 2nd Wife Date of Birth or Baptism | GREY Louisa Not yet known |
| Date/Place of Marriage | 1862 Broulee New South Wales Australia |
| Children by 2nd Wife | Bernard E. B 1863 Broulee New South Wales Australia Thomas B 1864 Broulee New South Wales Australia James B 1868 Broulee New South Wales Australia Francis W. B 1872 Broulee New South Wales Australia D 1872 Broulee New South Wales Australia |
| Land Grants Western Australia | Not applicable |
| Occupation after Arrival | Police Force Fremantle 1851 Appointed assistant Warder convict establishment Bunbury 1 May 1854 without sanction of Staff officer – dismissed 29 August 1854 |
| Newspaper Articles | NSW Government Gazette Tuesday 15th August 1876 page 3182 notice |
| Departure from Western Australia | 1857/8 to New Zealand |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial | 21st January 1875 / Moruya Broulee New South Wales Australia |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial 1st Wife | Not yet known |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial 2nd Wife | Louisa Fitzpatrick married Charles CARTER at Broulee NSW in 1877 – Death record not known |
| Will or Probate | NRS-13660-3-[17/1803]-Series 3_648 | Bernard Fitzpatrick – Date of death 22 January 1875, Granted on 26 September 1876 |
| Further Information | British Army Worldwide Index: 1841 Bernard Fitzpatrick 387 6th Dragoons is located at Newbridge and Birmingham. Discharge due to Chronic chest disease of long duration In the 1841 Census HO 107/1149/12/38 Bernard and his wife Elizabeth both age 25 are living at the Cavalry Barracks, Birmingham, Bernard is listed as a farrier. Daughter Mary Ann aged 11 months was born in Ireland. 1851 Census HO 107/1951/230/41 6 Butts, St. Augustine the Less, Bristol, England Bernard and his son John are visitors at the home of Thomas and Mary Phillips, Bernard age 36 is a married man and his occupation is farrier. Bernard age 9 born Ireland and John born Scotland. Elizabeth is living at St. Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands and working as a laundress. Her children Mary Ann age 10, Elizabeth age 3 and William Isaac age 1 are living with her Passage to WA was for himself and one child John, his wife and the three other children did not accompany him. The Bi-Centennial Dictionary gives a (more or less accurate) precis of John’s life in Western Australia. SROWA CSR Cons 36 Volume 303 folio 126-132 From 11 September 1854 Captain Bruce entered into a lengthy correspondence to the Colonial Secretary regarding the employment of Bernard Fitzpatrick by the Convict Establishment at Bunbury without his knowledge or approval. It also involved Fitzpatrick’s failure to return his arms and accoutrements to Captain Bruce’s store and the fact that a receipt for the payment of pension had been returned from Fremantle when he was at Bunbury. Captain Bruce wrote this about Bernard Fitzpatrick: “Upon his arrival in the Colony per Minden in October 1851 his appearance being in his favour, I got him into the Police Force at Fremantle from which he was soon dismissed for misconduct. At his particular request I subsequently employed him again upon Military Duty but was obliged to strike him off in January 1853 for being drunk the very day he was discharged from hospital. On this occasion he likewise failed to give in his arms etc for several days telling me a series of falsehoods in presence of my Staff Sergeant. By withholding his pension I ultimately got them into store. Soon after this he was reported to me by a Ticket of leave man for having incurred a debt to him. I always set my face against such transaction and therefore I addressed Fitzpatrick on the subject but he denied all knowledge of the man, although from his prevarication manner I was quite satisfied of the justice of the claim. In April 1853 Fitzpatrick applied to me to recommend him for the Police Force. I declined.” |