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| Name | O’CONNOR – John |
|---|---|
| Regiment (s) | 4th Dragoon Guards |
| Regiment Number (s) | 873 |
| Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation | 7th April 1846 / 24 years / Cork Cork Ireland Labourer |
| Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars | 5 Ft 9¼ in Fresh / Blue / Light Brown / None |
| Overseas Service/Duration | Turkey and Crimea – 2 years 1 month |
| Length of Service | 10 years 275 days |
| Rank/Date/Place of Discharge | Private / 6th January 1857 / Chatham Kent England |
| Campaign Medals | Crimea War Medal clasps Balaclava Inkermann Sebastopol Turkish Crimea Medal |
| Intended Residence at Discharge | Not yet known |
| Pension Districts | 1857 Tullamore 1857 1st Manchester 1858 Western Australia |
| Pension Paid | 8d per diem – Temporary 3 years to 27th January 1860 |
| Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland | 5th March 1858 Plymouth England |
| Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia | LORD RAGLAN 1st June 1858 |
| Date/Place of Birth | c1822 St. Finbarr’s Cork Cork 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 | HUMPHREYS Elizabeth b c1826 England |
| Date/Place of Marriage | 15th April 1850 Manchester England |
| Children by 1st Wife | John James B c1849 Not yet known Bp 22 September 1851 St. Michael’s Limerick City Limerick, Ireland M SINCLAIR Mary Ann 17th April 1879 Bunbury Western Australia grand-daughter EPG Jeffrey Ringwood D 29th December 1916 Beaconsfield Western Australia Frances Mary B 1851 bp 22 September 1851 St. Michael’s Limerick City Limerick Ireland M ROSS Charles 1880 Victoria Australia D 30th My 1923 Hawthorn Victoria Australia Charles B c1858 Fremantle Western Australia D 1859 aged 4 months Bur 11th April 1859 St. Patricks, Skinner Street Fremantle Western Australia Mary Alice/Ann B 24 June 1860 Perth Western Australia M DARLINGTON Hawley 1888 Fremantle Western Australia (Lemuel H. Darlington on children’s birth entries) |
| Father of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth | HUMPHREYS James Not yet known |
| Mother of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth Marriage | Not yet known |
| Land Grants Western Australia | None |
| Occupation after Arrival | Not yet known |
| Newspaper Articles | Leader (Melbourne, Vic: 1862-1918, 1935) Death notice Elizabeth O’Connor The Daily News Wednesday 10th January 1917 page 6 obituary John James |
| Departure from Western Australia | Not yet known |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial | 4th July 1860 Fremantle Western Australia Not yet known |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife | 11th March 1911 Hawthorn Victoria Not yet known |
| Will or Probate | None known |
| Further Information | Discharge due to a rupture on the right side occasioned when on mounted duty in the Crimea British Army, Worldwide Index 1851 873 Location Birmingham 1851 Census John O’Connor is stationed at the Barracks with his regiment at Aston, near Birmingham, Warwickshire. He is a married man born Cork Ireland and is age 28. There is no sign of Elizabeth |