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| Name | BYRNE / BYRN – John |
|---|---|
| Regiment (s) | 45th Regiment and Cape Mounted Rifles |
| Regiment Number (s) | 2565 / 2029 |
| Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation | 26th July 1842 / 18 years / Dublin Ireland Labourer |
| Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars | 5 Ft 7½ in Fresh / Grey / Dark Brown / None |
| Overseas Service/Duration | Cape of Good Hope – 19 years 10 months |
| Length of Service | 21 years 24 days |
| Rank/Date/Place of Discharge | Private / 18th August 1863 / Canterbury England |
| Campaign Medals | 1853 Kaffir War Medal |
| Intended Residence at Discharge | Care of Staff Officer Pensions Dublin Ireland |
| Pension Districts | 1863 2nd Dublin 1865 Tilbury 1865-1867 Western Australia |
| Pension Paid | 9d per diem |
| Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland | 26th May 1865 Portland England |
| Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia | RACEHORSE 10th August 1865 |
| Date/Place of Birth | c1824 St. Marks 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 | Not yet known |
| Date/Place of Marriage | Not yet known |
| Children by 1st Wife | Not yet known |
| 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 | None |
| Occupation after Arrival | Not yet known |
| Newspaper Articles | The Perth Gazette and West Australian Times Friday 17 February 1865 page 2: Departure of the pensioners who were lost on the Emma from Fremantle on the Clarence Packet The Perth Gazette and West Australian Times Friday 26th July 1867 – page 3 – “Emma” The Perth Gazette and West Australian Times Friday 23rd August 1867 – page 3 – “Emma” The Perth Gazette and West Australian Times Friday 30th August 1867 – page 2 – Emma The West Australian Monday 22nd March 1886 – page 3 – Emma |
| Departure from Western Australia | Not applicable |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial | 1867 Western Australia at sea aboard the “Emma” |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife | Not yet known |
| Will or Probate | None known |
| Further Information | 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. |