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| Name | KELLY – Joseph Plunkett |
|---|---|
| Regiment (s) | 12th Regiment |
| Regiment Number (s) | 673 |
| Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation | 11th May 1829 / 19 years / Boyle Roscommon Ireland Yeoman |
| Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars | 5 Ft 8 in Fair / Blue / Light Brown / None |
| Overseas Service/Duration | Mauritius – 5 years 8 months |
| Length of Service | 20 years 303 days |
| Rank/Date/Place of Discharge | Private / 14th May 1850 / Chatham Kent England |
| Campaign Medals | None |
| Intended Residence at Discharge | Glasgow |
| Pension Districts | 1850 Glasgow 1851 Aberdeen 1851 Edinburgh 1st 1851 Dundee 1851 Newcastle 1852, 1854 -55 Edinburgh 1854 Turkey (Ambulance Corps see further information) 1855 Edinburgh 1st from Ambulance Corps April 1856 Western Australia 1859 – 65 Cape of Good Hope 1866 – 67 London |
| Pension Paid | 1/0d per diem |
| Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland | 5th January 1856 Plymouth Devon England |
| Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia | WILLIAM HAMMOND 29th March 1856 |
| Date/Place of Birth | c1810 Kilkivan Roscommon 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 married |
| Date/Place of Marriage | Not applicable |
| Children by 1st Wife | Not applicable |
| Father of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth | Not applicable |
| Mother of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth Marriage | Not applicable |
| Land Grants Western Australia | None |
| Occupation after Arrival | Not yet known |
| Newspaper Articles | The Perth Gazette and Independent Journal of Politics and News Friday 29th July 1859 page 2 |
| Departure from Western Australia | Late 1858/early 1859 left Western Australia (unknown ship) for Cape of Good Hope South Africa |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial | Not yet known |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife | Not applicable |
| Will or Probate | None known |
| Further Information | British Army Worldwide Index 1841 Joseph P Kelly 673 Private 12th Foot was located Depot Paisley and Sunderland Discharge due to Chronic Rheumatism 1851 Census Joseph Kelly a single man aged 40 a Chelsea pensioner is a lodger in the home of James McGeadey in the village of Markinch Fife Scotland 1859–1865 residing at Capetown South Africa: London England 1866-67 and Dublin Ireland in 1868 until at least 1874 Joseph Kelly was treated for otitis during the voyage of the William Hammond. Remarks on his Admission to Chelsea Hospital dated 14 February 1866: ‘This man has just arrived from the Cape having no friends and being in bad health, no wife or family.’ 1st July 1866 reverted to Out – Pension as he wished to join his friends 14th June 1867 Readmitted to In – Pension. The Ambulance Corps was raised in 1854 from former Army servicemen who had been discharged to pension. Consisting of four officers and two hundred other ranks and equipped with wagons for transporting the wounded and the necessary medical supplies they embarked at Woolwich on the 10th June 1854 for duty at Crimea where they were to act as stretcher bearers on the battlefield, provide transport for the sick and wounded from battle field to hospital, serve as hospital orderlies and servants for the medical staff. Totally untrained and already found unfit for service in the Army the Corps was not a success and within twelve months was disbanded the pensioners returned to the UK and their duties taken over by the Land Transport Corps and the Medical Staff Corps |