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| Name | NOLAN / NOWAN – Patrick |
|---|---|
| Regiment (s) | 28th Regiment |
| Regiment Number (s) | 2026 |
| Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation | 15th July 1843 / 18 years / Dublin Ireland Servant |
| Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars | 5 Ft 8 in Fair / Grey / Brown / None |
| Overseas Service/Duration | East Indies – 4 years 1 month Turkey and Crimea – 2 years 1 month Malta – 2 years 6 months |
| Length of Service | 21 years 129 days |
| Rank/Date/Place of Discharge | Private / 3rd January 1865 / Fermoy Ireland |
| Campaign Medals | Crimea War Medal with clasps for Alma, Inkermann and Sebastopol Turkish Crimea Medal |
| Intended Residence at Discharge | Waterford Ireland |
| Pension Districts | 1865 Waterford 1865 2nd Liverpool 1866 Tilbury 1866 – 1884 Western Australia |
| Pension Paid | 8d per diem 1881 increased to 1/2d per diem for service to Enrolled Force |
| Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland | 16th October 1866 Portsmouth Hampshire England |
| Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia | CORONA 22nd December 1866 |
| Date/Place of Birth | c 1824 Crookstown Ballitore Kildare 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 | UNKNOWN Ellen Not yet known |
| Date/Place of Marriage | Not yet known |
| Children by 1st Wife | None |
| Father of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth | Not yet known |
| Mother of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth Marriage | Not yet known |
| 2nd Husband of Wife | LUCAS Henry |
| Date/Place of Marriage | 1885 Fremantle Western Australia |
| Children by 2nd Husband | None |
| Land Grants Western Australia | 16th October 1867 Patrick Nowlan (sic) applied to purchase Fremantle Town Lot 637 in Grey Street Fremantle for the purchase price of £6 1st May 1872 he also applied to purchase the adjacent lot 602 of 1 rood 9 perches on the corner of Grey Street and South Terrace also for £6 7 November 1881Patrick Nowlan assigned grant no 18 Cockburn Sound of 20 acres 19th May 1884 Title application granted 15th September 1884 to Ellen Nolan widow. |
| Occupation after Arrival | Fremantle House proprietor |
| Newspaper Articles | Inquirer and Commercial News Wednesday 16th April 1884 page 3 Inquest into the death of Patrick Nolan The West Australian Monday 21st November 1898 page 4 death of Ellen Lucas Fremantle Hospital |
| Departure from Western Australia | Not applicable |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial | 6th April 1884 Fremantle Western Australia |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife | LUCAS Ellen died November 1898 age 75 |
| Will or Probate | Letters of Administration: 30th July 1884: Probate: 31st July 1884 Supreme Court of Western Australia SROWA Cons 3458 1884 042 Patrick Nolan 28th CORONA |
| Further Information | British Army Worldwide Index 1851 Patrick Nowlan (sic) 2026 Private 28th Ft location Manchester 1861 As above location Waterford Discharges at own request having served upward of 21 years In the 1851 Census Patrick Nowlan (sic) is an unmarried soldier residing with the 28th Regiment at the Barracks Salford Manchester Patrick Nolan died as result of an accident when he fell out of his cart while returning to his home at Coogee after collecting his pension at Fremantle. The Inquest found “death while under the influence of liquor.” After Patrick’s death his widow Ellen Nolan applied for Letters of Administration as Patrick had died without making a will. Ellen Lucas died in Fremantle Hospital from ‘senile debility.’ |