BONNER – John 69th Regiment – Enrolled Pensioner Force WA

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Name	BONNER – John
Regiment (s)	69th Regiment
Regiment Number (s)	1102
Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation	19th September 1836 / 17 years / Rochester Kent England Tailor
Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars	5 Ft 5¼ in Fair / Hazel / Light Brown / None
Overseas Service/Duration	West Indies – 1 year 2 months British North America – 3 years 6 months Mediterranean – 3 months
Length of Service	14 years 105 days
Rank/Date/Place of Discharge	Private / 13th January 1852 / Chatham Kent England
Campaign Medals	None
Intended Residence at Discharge	Not yet known
Pension Districts	1852 1st Cork 1855 -1878 Western Australia 1882-3 Cork, Ireland
Pension Paid	6d per diem
Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland	16th April 1855 Portland England
Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia	ADELAIDE 18th July 1855
Date/Place of Birth	c1819 St Mary’s Athlone Westmeath Ireland
Date/Place of Baptism	Not yet known
Father Date/Place of Birth	Not yet known
Mother Date/Place of Birth Marriage	UNKNOWN Dora Not yet known
Siblings	Not yet known
1^st Wife Date of Birth or Baptism	GIBSON / GIPSON / TIPSON Jane Not yet known
Date/Place of Marriage	1st October 1843, Mullingar Westmeath Ireland
Children by 1^st Wife	Frances Amelia B c1846 England bap 12th April 1846 Drypool Yorkshire England new line M Mulligan Patrick (1838-1912) 1868 D 10th March 1905 Fremantle Western Australia bur Karrakatta Cemetery RC AC 0042 Western Australia Ralph Albert B Portsmouth Hampshire England October 1848 Bp 8th October 1848 St. Thomas, Portsmouth Hampshire England D Malta bur 17th March 1850 Mary Jane B Malta 14th January 1850 bap Malta 27th January 1850 bap 26th December 1857 Perth Western Australia M BROWN Thomas 1874 Fremantle Western Australia M BOOTH John 1885 Fremantle Western Australia D 1886 Fremantle Western Australia John Joseph B 10th October 1852 place unknown bap 17th April 1858 Perth Western Australia D 25th April 1884 Perth Western Australia Thomas Samuel B 12th November 1854 Bp 14th January 1855 Cathedral Church of Sts Mary & Boniface Plymouth, Devon, England M WATKINS Emma 1883 Perth Western Australia D 23rd January 1934 Perth WA Ralph Nathaniel Josephus B 23rd January 1861 Perth Western Australia bap 2nd February 1861 Perth Western Australia D 5th March 1927 Serpentine Western Australia bur Karrakatta Cemetery Anglican VC 0205 Western Australia
Land Grants Western Australia	None
Occupation after Arrival	Not yet known
Newspaper Articles	Perth Gazette & Independent Journal 22nd July 1859 page 3 Drunken conduct of Jane Bonner (There are many newspaper reports of both John and Jane’s drunken behaviour) Perth Gazette & Independent Journal 5th August 1859 The Inquirer & Commercial News Wednesday 11th December 1878 page 4 Death of Jane Bonner Western Mail Saturday 22 April 1905 page 48 Probate Frances Amelia Mulligan Daily News Friday 25 April 1884 page 3 Death of son John Bonner Inquirer and Commercial News Wednesday 23rd January 1878 page 1
Departure from Western Australia	5th January 1878 departure of “General” Bonner for London on the Charlotte Padbury (Tentative)
Date/Place of Death/Burial	October – December quarter 1883 A John C. Bonner died in Cork Ireland (Tentative)
Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife	22nd November 1878 Guildford Road Perth Western Australia
Will or Probate	None known
Further Information	Newspaper accounts often refer to this man as “General” Bonner. He was a heavy drinker but appeared to become a teetotaler in the 1870s. British Army Worldwide Index 1841 location Fredericton Canada 1851 location Malta Discharge due to lumbago and general debility. Newspaper accounts often refer to this man as “General” Bonner. He was a heavy drinker but appeared to become a teetotaller in the 1870s. Between January 1882 and March 1883 Cork Pension district show him as an in-patient Cork Asylum. Some information Discharge document records John applied to the WO for an increase in Pension in 1878, however, it appears it was not granted as all documents in Cork to March 1883 still show pension at 6d per diem. 14th May 1884 Thomas Samuel Bonner, Police constable, applied for letters of administration for the estate of John Joseph Bonner who had died intestate 26th April 1884 Bannister WA.