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Name | CANTWELL – Thomas |
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Regiment (s) | 97th Regiment |
Regiment Number (s) | 1087 |
Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation | 16th April 1838 / 18 years 6 months / Birr Ireland |
Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars | 5 Ft 9 in Fresh / Hazel / Dark Brown / None |
Overseas Service/Duration | Corfu – 5 years 11 months Malta – 1 year 7 months North America – 4 years 9 months |
Length of Service | 23 years 83 days (deduced) |
Rank/Date/Place of Discharge | Private / 9th July 1861 / Camp Colchester England |
Campaign Medals | None |
Intended Residence at Discharge | Little Barrington St Limerick Ireland |
Pension Districts | 1861 Limerick 1863-1880 Western Australia |
Pension Paid | 1/2d per diem 1879 Increased to 1/8d per diem for 15 years service in the Enrolled Force Western Australia |
Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland | 15th March 1863 Portland Dorset England |
Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia | CLYDE 29th May 1863 [according to Obit. arrived per Merchantman in 1863] |
Date/Place of Birth | c1820 Gillen Firbane Kings 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 | UNKNOWN Honora / Hanora / Honoria c1822 Not yet known |
Date/Place of Marriage | Not yet known |
Children by 1st Wife | Catherine B 1844 Corfu D Not yet known Mary Joseph B 1850 New Brunswick Canada M ODGERS John 1876 unknown location D August 1905 Western Australia Harriet Helen (a.k.a. Sister Mary Agnes) B 1858 Preston Lancashire England D 12th December 1884 Fremantle Western Australia Elizabeth B 1860 Ipswich Suffolk England D 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: 1875 applied for £15 improvement grant |
Occupation after Arrival | Not yet known |
Newspaper Articles | Western Mail Saturday 8th December 1906 – page 18 (Obit. for Honora) |
Departure from Western Australia | Not applicable |
Date/Place of Death/Burial | 14th September 1880 Perth Western Australia Not yet known |
Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife | 30th November 1906 Fremantle Western Australia bur Fremantle Old RC Cemetery |
Will or Probate | None known |
Further Information | 1868 purchased Fremantle Town Lots 836 and 837: 1883 application made for transfer of land by Honora Cantwell of Fremantle |