FAHEY – Patrick 78th and 71st Regiment – Enrolled Pensioner Force WA

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71st Regiment Highland Light Infantry Colours

Name	FAHEY – Patrick
Regiment (s)	78th and 71st Regiment
Regiment Number (s)	– / 3797
Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation	24th April 1845 / 19 years / Kilkenny Ireland Labourer
Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars	5 Ft 6¾ in Fresh / Grey / Dark Grey / None
Overseas Service/Duration	Crimea – 1 year 6 months Malta – 1 year 8 months East Indies – 4 years
Length of Service	18 years 97 days
Rank/Date/Place of Discharge	Private / 4th August 1863 / Royal Hospital Netley Hampshire England
Campaign Medals	Crimea Medal Crimea Turkish Medal
Intended Residence at Discharge	Callan Kilkenny Ireland
Pension Districts	1863 Kilkenny
Pension Paid	9d per diem
Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland	7th April 1866 Portland Dorset England
Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia	BELGRAVIA 4th July
Date/Place of Birth	c1826 Callan Kilkenny 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
1^st Wife Date of Birth or Baptism	DALTON Mary c 1845 ( age in Fremantle Death)
Date/Place of Marriage	Not yet known Fremantle RC
Children by 1^st Wife	Sarah Grace B 19th October 1867 Perth Western Australia M PRINGLE Andrew 22nd January 1894 Fremantle Western Australia D 12th July 1945 Mosman Park Western Australia bur Roman Catholic Section Fremantle Cemetery Western Australia John Edward B 11th November 1869 Perth Western Australia D 28th February 1907 Square Well near Yalgoo Western Australia Catherine Grace B 23rd April 1872 Perth Western Australia D 1873 Perth Western Australia Patrick Joseph B 23rd March 1874 Perth Western Australia D 1875 Perth Western Australia Unnamed Male B 1876 Perth Western Australia D 1876 Perth Western Australia Christopher Patrick B 1877 Western Australia D 6 February 1931 Fremantle aged 53 Buried Fremantle Cemetery, Grantee Miss Barbara Pringle
Father of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth	Not yet known
Mother of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth Marriage	WALSH Mary
2nd Husband of Wife	EPG RITCHIE Mathew
Date/Place of Marriage	1881Northampton, Western Australia, he dies 15 May 1892, Greenough, Western Australia
Children by 2^ndHusband	None known
Land Grants Western Australia	22nd June 1881 widow granted Perth Town Lot Y142 2 roods 28 perches Corner of John and Fitzgerald Streets North Perth
Occupation after Arrival	Not yet known
Newspaper Articles	Inquirer & Commercial News 7th July 1880 (Obit.) The Geraldton Express Friday 7th June 1907 page 2 Probate Edward Fahey The West Australian Saturday 8th August 1925 page 1 Funeral notice Mary Ritchie
Departure from Western Australia	Not applicable
Date/Place of Death/Burial	2nd July 1880 Perth Western Australia OF Abscess and Pyaemia at Colonial Hospital Perth, a pauper East Perth Cemeteries Western Australia
Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife	7 August 1925 Fremantle Buried Fremantle Cemetery, Grantee Miss Barbara Pringle
Will or Probate	Will made: available from WA SRO Cons 3403 Item 1881-614 Whereby he names his wife Mary as sole heir Intestate Files SROWA Cons 5800 1907/056 Death of Edward Fagan naming his mother Mary Ritchie, sister Sarah Pringle and brother Christopher Fahey.
Further Information	British Army, Worldwide Index: 1851 Location Aden [WO 12-8349] 1861 Location Sealkote, East Indies [WO12-7902] Discharge: Constitution broken down by liver disease (hepatitis). Cannot do much toward own support. Two Good Conduct badges. 7th December 1874 P. Fahey requests payment of £15 as his cottage on Y142 has reached the required stage. 1881 Mrs Fahey (widow) is living at the Mt Eliza Barracks with 2 sons and 1 daughter – 1 daughter in convent (Cons 144) Sarah Fahey was admitted to the RC Orphanage on 2nd August 1880 age 12 years and 10 months – no departure date.