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| Name | BENNETT – Standish O’Grady |
|---|---|
| Regiment (s) | 10th Regiment |
| Regiment Number (s) | 631 |
| Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation | 20th September 1828 / 18 years / Cork City Cork Ireland Labourer |
| Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars | 5 Ft 10 in Sallow / Grey / Fair / None |
| Overseas Service/Duration | India – 7 years (estimate) |
| Length of Service | 21 years 331 days |
| Rank/Date/Place of Discharge | Private / 13th August 1850 / Chatham Kent England |
| Campaign Medals | Sutlej Medal (1845/6) with clasp for Sobraon Punjab Medal (1848-9) with clasp for Mooltan and Goojerat |
| Intended Residence at Discharge | Cork Ireland |
| Pension Districts | 1850 1st Cork 1851 Limerick 1853-1854 Western Australia 1858-1875 Melbourne Victoria (may have been earlier but did not receive pension before 1858) |
| Pension Paid | 1/0d per diem |
| Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland | June 2 1853 Kingstown, Dublin, Ireland |
| Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia | PHOEBE DUNBAR 30th August 1853 |
| Date/Place of Birth | c1810 Ballyhooly Fermoy Cork Ireland refer WO 116: Disability and Out-Pensions, Admissions Description Piece 058: 1850 (Cavalry and Infantry) |
| Date/Place of Baptism | Not yet known |
| Father Date/Place of Birth | BENNETT Standish O’Grady B c1776 Limerick Ireland D 7 February 1846 Toronto Canada “Formerly of Tankerville County Cork” – Irish Poet |
| Mother Date/Place of Birth Marriage | SHERLOCK Margaret (Father possibly re-married as Mother is Mary on Death Certificate) B c1771 Ireland M c January 1807, Kilpeacon Church, Limerick Ireland D c1811 Cork Ireland |
| Siblings | Elizabeth bap 23rd January 1809 Ballyhay (possibly Ballyhooly) Cork Ireland, FHL 962669 M 1st STORY Richard 10 Feb 1831 Kilfinnane, Limerick Ireland M 2nd CATHGARD William Not yet known – Speculative Marriage / Death D 5th June 1889 Ontario Canada bur Sutherland Cemetery |
| 1st Wife Date of Birth or Baptism | KRISK Mary B c1818 Not yet known |
| Date/Place of Marriage | c1841 unknown location |
| Children by 1st Wife | Mary c1841 England (tentative) D 29th November 1842, aged 1½ years Fort William Calcutta India Andrew B 19th August 1843 Fort William Calcutta India Eliza B c1850 Ireland (tentative) D 1858 Victoria Australia |
| Father of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth | Not yet known |
| Mother of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth Marriage | Not yet known |
| 2nd Wife | MAHER Mary (possibly the sister of EPG Thomas Maher of 35th Regt given permission by WO to sail on the Phoebe Dunbar) |
| Date/Place of Marriage | 12th October 1853 St Patrick’s Church Fremantle Western Australia |
| Children by 2nd Wife | Ellen B 1857 Melbourne Victoria Australia D 1875 Melbourne Victoria Elizabeth B 1859 Melbourne Victoria D Not yet known Standish or Thomas B 1861 Melbourne Victoria D 1864 Victoria |
| Land Grants Western Australia | None |
| Occupation after Arrival | Appointed Night warder Convict Establishment 14th August 1854 dismissed 18 August 1854 as ‘generally inefficient’ |
| Newspaper Articles | Adelaide Times 13th July 1854 page – 3 |
| Departure from Western Australia | Pension paid in Western Australia until September 1854 then deserted from Force: pension reinstated in Victoria in 1858. Not known when and how left Western Australia The Fergus sailed from Fremantle on 16 September 1854 to Melbourne (rough passage -stopped Adelaide to pick up supplies) arrived Melbourne 6th October 1854 had a S. Bennett age 40 as a passenger and also a female passenger Bennett age 31 |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial | 25th February 1875 Melbourne Hospital Victoria |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial 1st Wife | 12th July 1853 on board the “Phoebe Dunbar” (from Phthisis) |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial 2nd Wife | Not yet known |
| Will or Probate | None known |
| Further Information | British Army, Worldwide Index: 1841 Standish O’G Bennett 631 Private 10th Foot location Manchester & Newcastle Invalided to England 1st May 1850. (Kevin Asplin) Discharge due to Chronic ophthalmic and impaired constitution Shortly after the sailing of the Phoebe Dunbar Mary Bennett the wife of Standish O’Grady Bennett died from phthisis on 19th May 1853. SO Bennett received medical treatment for a wounded leg August 10th 1853 on board the Phoebe Dunbar. Deserted from the Force WA August 1854 Used aliases Patrick MAHER and John RYAN in Victoria: imprisoned 17th July to 7th November 1860 |