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| Name | BOURKE / BURKE – Patrick |
|---|---|
| Regiment (s) | 52nd Light Infantry |
| Regiment Number (s) | 787 |
| Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation | 5th April 1832 / 19 years / Waterford Ireland Labourer |
| Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars | 6 Ft 0 in Fair / Hazel / Black / None |
| Overseas Service/Duration | Gibraltar – 2 years 5 months West Indies – 3 years 5 months North America – 5 years 4 months |
| Length of Service | 21 years 36 days |
| Rank/Date/Place of Discharge | Corporal / 10th May 1853 – Board of Inquiry Dublin 28th April 1853 |
| Campaign Medals | Not yet known |
| Intended Residence at Discharge | Not yet known |
| Pension Districts | 1853 Chatham 1854 Deptford 1854 Chatham 1854 Deptford 1856 Portsmouth 1856 Chatham 1857 Salisbury 1862-1868 Western Australia |
| Pension Paid | 1/4d per diem |
| Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland | 8th October 1862 Portland England |
| Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia | YORK 31st December 1862 |
| Date/Place of Birth | 1813 Cashel Tipperary 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 | EVANS Sarah E |
| Date/Place of Marriage | Not yet known |
| Children by 1st Wife | John P b 1852, Limerick, Ireland Bp 16th August 1851 St Michael’s Limerick city Ireland Francis I b 1854, Maidstone, Kent, England |
| Father of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth | Not yet known |
| Mother of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth Marriage | Not yet known |
| Land Grants Western Australia | Not applicable |
| Occupation after Arrival | Not yet known |
| Newspaper Articles | Not yet known |
| Departure from Western Australia | Not applicable |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial | 30th June 1868 Western Australia Not yet known |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife | Not yet known |
| Will or Probate | None known |
| Further Information | 1841 British Army Worldwide Index – Patrick is with the 52nd at Berbice and Demerara (now Guyana – this was British Guiana from 1838 to 1966) 1851 British Army Worldwide Index – Patrick is with the 52nd at Limerick Ireland Discharge: Having been appointed to serve on the Militia Staff and by Authority dated Adjutant General’s Office, Dublin 13 April 1853 Good efficient soldier, trustworthy, sober and seldom in hospital. 1861 Census RG 9 135/137/32 Clifton Road Portland Dorset Patrick Bourke, Head, Married, age 47 Pensioner, born Tipperary Ireland Sarah E Bourke, wife, married , 40, laundress, born Tipperary Ireland John P Bourke, son, single, age 9, scholar, born Limerick, Ireland Francis I Bourke, son, single, 7, scholar, born Maidstone More Road Portland, Dorset: On 28th September 1861 Patrick Bourke wrote to the Secretary of State for the Colonies offering his services as a guard on the next Convict ship sailing to Western Australia. He stated he was a former Corporal in the 52nd regiment with a pension of one shilling and 4 pence per day. He was married with 2 children aged 10 and 8 years who would not be able to accompany him due to the short notice. The application was approved and he sailed to Western Australia on the Convict transport Runnymede leaving his wife and 2 sons in England. It does not appear that the family joined John in Western Australia before his early death in 1868 |
