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| Name | DONNELLY (DONELLY) – Patrick (Thomas Patrick) |
|---|---|
| Regiment (s) | 46th Regiment |
| Regiment No (s) | 1646 |
| Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation | 3rd March 1842 / 15 years / Dublin Dublin Ireland Labourer |
| Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars | 5 Ft 5½ in Fair / Grey / Brown / None |
| Overseas Service/Duration | Turkey – 2 years 7 months Corfu – 2 years 5 months East Indies – 8 years 1 month |
| Length of Service | 21 years 340 days Underage 3 years |
| Rank/Date/Place of Discharge | Corporal / 7th May 1867 / Netley Hampshire England |
| Campaign Medals | Crimean War Medal with Sebastopol Clasp Turkish Medal |
| Intended Residence at Discharge | Manchester England |
| Pension Districts | 1867 2nd Manchester 1867 Tilbury Fort 1868 – 1890 Western Australia |
| Pension Paid | 1/1½d per diem 1887 increased to 1/7d per diem for Service in Enrolled Force |
| Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland | 12th October 1867 Portland England |
| Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia | HOUGOUMONT 9th January 1868 |
| Date/Place of Birth | c1827 St Nicholas’ Dublin Ireland |
| Date/Place of Baptism | Not yet known |
| Father Date/Place of Birth | DONELLY (sic) John |
| Mother Date/Place of Birth Marriage | DONELLY Helen/Ellen |
| Siblings | Not yet known |
| 1st Wife Date of Birth or Baptism | HEFFERAN (HEFRON) (HEFFERNAN) Mary Father John HEFFERAN Mother Mary HEFFERAN B c1846-1849 Ireland Arrived Western Australia 14 January 1868 aboard the Tartar as a 19 years old Domestic Servant (Acc115/104) |
| Date/Place of Marriage | 1869 Fremantle Western Australia |
| Children of 1st Wife | John Henry B 13 April1870 Fremantle Western Australia M JAMES Sarah Jane 1899 Perth Western Australia D 15th September 1930 Melbourne Victoria Patrick Thomas B 8 July 1872 Fremantle Western Australia D 7 February 1941 buried Karrakatta Cemetery (Mother Mary Clark) Christopher B 12 September 1874 Western Australia M Isabel Jackson Perth 1902 D 2 August 1956 age 81 North Perth B Karrakatta cemetery Agnes Mary B 21 November 1876 Western Australia M WALKER William Thomas 1899 Fremantle WA William Thomas B 1 January 1879 Western Australia M WOLF Gladys 1910 Fremantle Western Australia D 22nd July 1957 Queensland, Australia Charles B 1887 Perth Western Australia D 1947 East Coolgardie (Kalgoorlie) Western Australia Julie B 31 August 1881 Perth Western Australia M BROUGHTON Richard Cowen 1902 Perth Western Australia D 25th December 1961 Wembley Western Australia Bur Karrakatta Cemetery William Joseph B 15 July 1884 Western Australia Edward B 1884 Perth Western Australia D 18th August 1946 Perth Western Australia Bur Karrakatta Cemetery Robert Augustus B c 1889 Western Australia M BOM Mary Carmelia 1910 Fremantle Western Australia D 21st June 1953 Perth Western Australia (Mother Mary Clark) |
| Land Grants Western Australia | Perth lot Y122 Corner of John and Fitzgerald Streets Perth. Title Application 6 April 1881 Title Deed 5/1113 .3 acre (3 Roods) |
| Occupation after Arrival | Not yet known |
| Newspaper Articles | Western Mail Saturday 3 May 1890 page 24 death of Patrick Donnelly The Western Mail Thursday 23rd October 1930 page 4 Death of John Also The Argus Wednesday 17th September 1930 page 1 The Daily News Thursday 25 August 1932 page 10 death of Mary Donnelly The West Australian Tuesday 11 February 1941 page 1 death of Patrick Thomas |
| Departure from Western Australia | Not Applicable |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial | 25th April 1890 Wittenoom Street Perth Western Australia East Perth Cemeteries Western Australia |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial –Wife | 24th August 1932 West Perth Western Australia Roman Catholic Section Karrakatta Cemetery Western Australia |
| Will or Probate | None Located |
| Further Information | British Army, Worldwide Index: 1851 Patrick Donnolly (sic) 1646 Drummer and Fifer location Hull 1861 Patrick Donnelly 1646 Drummer and Fifer location Jullander E. Indies Discharge: At own request – suffering from Asthma. 1861 Census Patrick Donnelly was a single man age 24, born Dublin, Dublin, a drummer with the 46th regiment at the Garrison of Hull stationed in the citadel Kingston upon Hull Yorkshire. Mary Heffernan, a single woman arrived at Fremantle from London on 14th January 1868 on the Tartar. Her age was recorded as 19 and occupation domestic servant. (Which does not indicate her maiden name was Clark) Patrick Thomas and Christopher Augustus Donnelly both have their mother’s maiden name recorded as CLARK on the death certificates, there is no registration of birth for either of these names and no baptism entry in Familysearch, and whether these two are children of Patrick Donnelly and Mary Heffernan is debatable. William Thomas born 1st January 1879 died 22nd July 1957 is also doubtful as nowhere is his mother’s name recorded and a later child is named William Joseph. Christopher Donnelly acknowledges Patrick Thomas as his brother in his death notice which rather looks as if Mary Heffernan and Mary Clark may be the same person. John Henry Donnelly enlisted at Blackboy Hill for service in WW1 on 1st March 1915. He returned to WA after being wounded, discharged 16th November 1916. Strangely he said he was born at Carlton, Victoria but correspondence from his wife and mother prove it was the son of Patrick and Mary Donnelly. His death registration records his mother a Mary Heffernon (sic)William Joseph Donnelly also joined up on 17th April 1917 but after a period of a few weeks he was found to be medically unfit for service as he had a previous injury causing chronic thickening of the structures around the right knee joints – with a slight synovial effusion and he was discharged 6th November 1917. Christopher Joseph Donnelly also applied to enlist on 29th February 1916 but was rejected as he varicose veins and a varicose ulcer – his constitution was impaired. |