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| Name | BUCKLEY – Jeremiah |
|---|---|
| Regiment (s) | 1) Honorable East India 2nd Company Bombay Artillery 2) Horse Brigade (transferred January 1832) |
| Regiment Number (s) | 273 |
| Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation | 15th September 1829 / 19 years / Woolwich Kent England Labourer |
| Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars | 5 Ft 7¾ in Dark/ Blue / Sandy Red / Head injury |
| Overseas Service/Duration | 21st January 1831 embarked for India per “Marquis of Huntley” December 1843 left for England from India per “Thomas Coutts” |
| Length of Service | 15 years 3 months |
| Rank/Date/Place of Discharge | Private / 15th May 1844 / Not yet known |
| Campaign Medals | Not yet known |
| Intended Residence at Discharge | Cork Ireland |
| Pension Districts | 1844 Cork 1849 1st East London 1852 2nd East London 1852 Tilbury Fort 1853-76 Western Australia |
| Pension Paid | 9d per diem |
| Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland | 22nd November 1852 London England |
| Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia | DUDBROOK 7th February 1853 |
| Date/Place of Birth | c1809 Cork Ireland |
| Date/Place of Baptism | Not yet known |
| Father Date/Place of Birth | BUCKLEY Daniel 1785-1852 |
| Mother Date/Place of Birth Marriage | Not yet known |
| Siblings | Not yet known |
| 1st Wife Date of Birth or Baptism | HANLON Ann B 1827 Cork Ireland |
| Date/Place of Marriage | 27th September 1852 St Botolph’s Aldgate England |
| Children by 1st Wife | Ellen B 1850 Lambeth England M KEMP Henry 1867 unknown location Western Australia D 11th February 1916 Geraldton Western Australia bur Roman Catholic Section Urch Street Cemetery now Apex Park Geraldton Western Australia Margaret Kate B 1851 Wapping St George’s England M TRUSLOVE George 1874 Greenough Western Australia D 14 April 1930 Perth Western Australia Daniel B 1853 Western Australia M STONE Catherine 22nd August 1877 Bootenal Greenough Western Australia D 4th December 1910 Greenough Western Australia bur Urch Street Cemetery now Apex Park Geraldton Western Australia John B 2nd September 1854 Port Gregory Western Australia M STONE Jane Ann 1877 Western Australia D 25th July 1911 Greenough Western Australia bur Roman Catholic Section Greenough Cemetery Western Australia Jane and Catherine Stone were twins and the daughters of EPG James Stone |
| Father of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth | HANLON Jeremiah Not yet known |
| Mother of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth Marriage | Not yet known |
| Land Grants Western Australia | 1853 Assigned 3 acres Lynton (Port Gregory)-abandoned 4th May 1874 received Titles to Greenough Locations G19 and G20 |
| Occupation after Arrival | Farmer |
| Newspaper Articles | The Geraldton Express Mon 5 Dec 1910, Page 3, Sudden Death of Daniel Buckley The Geraldton Express Mon 31 Jul 1911 Page 2 , death of John Buckley The W.A. Record Sat 26 Feb 1916 death of Eliza Kemp nee Buckley The Daily News Tue 15 Apr 1930 Page 1 Death of Margaret Truslove nee Buckley |
| Departure from Western Australia | Not applicable |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial | 21st October 1876 Greenough Western Australia Greenough Cemetery Western Australia |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife | 25th October 1884 Greenough Western Australia Bootenal Cemetery Greenough Western Australia |
| Will or Probate | None known |
| Further Information | Discharged due to diseased glands in neck & injury of the head. 1851 English census 1 Lambeth Street Tower Hamlets, Jeremiah Buckley aged 40, a Military Pension b Cork Ireland, wife Ann aged 24, b Cork Ireland a Tailor’s assistant, Ellen aged 1 b Lambeth and Margaret aged 3 months b Wapping, Surrey Both Ellen age 3 and Elizabeth age 2 received medical treatment during the voyage of the Dudbrook. After the arrival of the Dudbrook Jeremiah Buckley was one of the pensioners with a complaint against the Superintendent who in reply said the bed was thrown overboard because Jeremiah refused to clean it. 28th April 1853 Jeremiah was one of the detachment of pensioner guards sent to the Lynton Port Gregory Convict depot per William Pope to relieve the detachment of the 99th Regiment. 31/12/1853 Pensioners were allotted land grants of 3 acres at Lynton (Port Gregory) however the land was located next to a salt lake and proved uninhabitable and unhealthy and was a complete failure. After a damning report by the Resident Magistrate attempts were made to relocate them, however when the Lynton Depot was disbanded most of the pensioners were reassigned land at Greenough. EPG John Brown, charged and sentenced to 2 years imprisonment for shooting Mrs Buckley in 1855. In December 1863 an extensive fire destroyed crops, live stock, field fences and farming implements belonging to many Greenough Flats’ settlers. The Buckley’s lost 2 acres of wheat and 4 pigs (others lost much more).
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