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| Name | HERRICK / HERRICKS / HARRICK – Patrick |
|---|---|
| Regiment (s) | 73rd and 81st Regiment |
| Regiment Number (s) | 2739 / 899 |
| Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation | 16th December 1847 / 17 years 9 months / Birr Kings Ireland Labourer |
| Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars | 5 Ft 7 in Fresh / Grey / Sandy going Grey / None |
| Overseas Service/Duration | Cape of Good Hope – 6 years 229 days East Indies – 7 years 92 days |
| Length of Service | 21 years 22 days |
| Rank/Date/Place of Discharge | Private / 6th April 1869 / Buttervant Ireland |
| Campaign Medals | Kaffir War Medals for 1851-1853 Indian Mutiny Medal |
| Intended Residence at Discharge | Birr Kings Ireland |
| Pension Districts | 1869 Birr 1873 Greenwich 1874-1906 Western Australia |
| Pension Paid | 1/1d per diem 1887 Increased to 1/3½d per diem for service in Enrolled Force |
| Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland | 1st November 1873 Gravesend England |
| Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia | NAVAL BRIGADE 18th February 1874 |
| Date/Place of Birth | 1st January 1832 Birr Kings Ireland |
| Date/Place of Baptism | Not yet known |
| Father Date/Place of Birth | HERRICK Patrick |
| Mother Date/Place of Birth Marriage | Not yet known |
| Siblings | Not yet known |
| 1st Wife Date of Birth or Baptism | SCULTORPE (SKULTHORPE) Elizabeth nee SAUNDERS B 1832 Cripplegate, London, England |
| Date/Place of Marriage | 2nd February 1861 Dinapore, India |
| Children by 1st Wife | Catherine B 9th December 1862 Dinapore India 3 M HICKS Robert Fremantle 1883 D 11th May 1929 East Fremantle Western Australia bur Congregational Section Fremantle Cemetery Western Australia (with husband) Patrick B 26 August 1865 in Alverstoke Hampshire, England Did not marry D 1915 Roebourne, Western Australia |
| Father of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth | SAUNDERS William |
| Mother of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth Marriage | PEACOCK Elizabeth |
| 1st Husband of Wife | SCULTHORPE William Alexander (see further information) |
| Date/Place of Marriage | 2nd Quarter 1852 Bethnal Green, London |
| Children by 1st Husband | William B London, England Alexander B London, England Eliza B 1860 in Dinapur, India |
| Land Grants Western Australia | North Fremantle Lot P92 1 acre 5th December 1883 Title Application 5th August 1884 title 6/150 issued |
| Occupation after Arrival | Not yet known |
| Newspaper Articles | Inquirer and Commercial News Wednesday 6th April 1887 page 5 Disbandment of the Enrolled Guard The West Australian Thursday 2nd December 1915 page 3 Intestate estate of Broderick(sic) Herrick The Daily News (Perth WA) Tuesday 21st May 1929 page 8 Obituary Catherine Hicks |
| Departure from Western Australia | Not applicable |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial | 22nd June 1906 Fremantle Western Australia Congregational Section Fremantle Cemetery Western Australia |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife | 1878 Western Australia Not yet known |
| Will or Probate | None known |
| Further Information | British Army Worldwide Index 1851 Patrick Herrick 2739 Private Depot 73rd foot location Naas Ireland 1861 Patrick Herrick 2739/899 Private 81st foot location Rawalpindee (sic) Discharge having complete 2 terms of service He had sundry arrests for drunkenness. November 1880 Patrick Herrick was on the nominal list for the Enrolled Guard. He was living in No 1 Barracks Fremantle with 2 children. Employed at the Fremantle magazine 1881. 13th April 1881 dismissed, joined the Enrolled Guard 25th September 1886. Thanks to Robyn Hukin for the family history that notes William Alexander Sculthorpe was a East India Company Colour Sgt who had died in Dinap. Patrick who died 1915 was on the lugger “spider” in Cossack Creek Roebuck of supposed heart failure. |