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| Name | FARRELL – John |
|---|---|
| Regiment (s) | 28th 22nd and 43rd Regiment |
| Regiment Number (s) | 1599 (28th) 2724 (22nd) 3379 (43rd) |
| Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation | 15th June 1841 / 22 years / Dublin Ireland Labourer |
| Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars | 5 Ft 5½ in Fresh / Grey / Light Brown / None |
| Overseas Service/Duration | Australia – 3 months East Indies – 19 years 4 months |
| Length of Service | 22 years 32 days |
| Rank/Date/Place of Discharge | Private / 15th July 1862 / Chatham Kent England |
| Campaign Medals | Indian Mutiny Medal 1857-59 |
| Intended Residence at Discharge | Kilkenny Ireland |
| Pension Districts | 1862 1st Dublin 1864 Tilbury 1864-1867 Western Australia |
| Pension Paid | 9d per diem |
| Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland | 1st July 1864 Portland Dorset England |
| Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia | MERCHANTMAN 12th September 1864 |
| Date/Place of Birth | 1819 St. Bridget’s Dublin 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 | Did not marry |
| Date/Place of Marriage | Not applicable |
| Children by 1st Wife | Not applicable |
| Father of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth | Not applicable |
| Mother of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth Marriage | Not applicable |
| Land Grants Western Australia | None |
| Occupation after Arrival | Not yet known |
| Newspaper Articles | Perth Gazette & WA Times Friday 17th February 1865 – page 2 Perth Gazette & West Australian Times (1864-1874) 23rd August 1867 – page 3 Western Ancestor December 1985 – page 159 |
| Departure from Western Australia | Not applicable |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial | Died 1867 Western Australia aboard Emma |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife | Not applicable |
| Will or Probate | None known |
| Further Information | British Army Worldwide Index 1841 John Farrell Recruit Depot 28th Foot location Chatham and Fort Tilbury 1851 John Farrell 1599/2724 Private 22nd Foot location Dagshai India 1861 John Farrell 3379 Private 43rd Foot location St. George Madras East Indies. . Discharge due to chronic rheumatism and health broken down by long service in India John Farrell was a single man on the voyage of the Merchantman, his conduct was rated ‘very good’ by the Surgeon Superintendent
In February 1865 after the murder of Messrs Panter, Goldwyer and Harding by aborigines it was decided to send a party of five EPGs to Nichol Bay abord the Clarence Packet. The chosen men were reported as Isaac Davis, Edward Goodall, John Farrell, William Whittle and a man named as Jarvice. The only EPG named Jarvis arrived in WA well after this date. EPGs Joseph Barr and Edward Radford went to Roebuck Bay aboard the Kestrel in September 1865. In 1867, these six EPGs and two others EPGs William Purvis and John Byrne perished aboard the Emma a schooner lost in a cyclone and wrecked off the coast of Coral Bay with the loss of all on board. The EMMA left Port Walcott (near Point Sampson), and the last recorded sighting was a Nichol Bay when the ship stopped there on 31 January 1867. The Emma was last heard from on 3rd March 1867 on departing Port Walcott Western Australia. Thanks to David Senn of Albany for his research on the wreck of the Emma and Chris Hall’s 2001 article attached. |