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| Name | CONLON / CONLAN – Michael |
|---|---|
| Regiment (s) | 71st Regiment |
| Regiment Number (s) | 1051 |
| Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation | 17th July 1839 / 18 years / Dublin Ireland Tailor |
| Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars | 5 Ft 9 in Sallow / Grey / Brown / None |
| Overseas Service/Duration | Mediterranean Turkey and Crimea – 5 years 1 month West indies and North America – 5 years 5 months Australia and East Indies – 2 years 1 month |
| Length of Service | 22 years 28 days |
| Rank/Date/Place of Discharge | Sergeant / 23rd August 1859 / Chatham Kent England |
| Campaign Medals | Crimea War Medal Turkish Crimea Medal |
| Intended Residence at Discharge | Glasgow Scotland |
| Pension Districts | 1859 2nd Glasgow 1861-1866 Western Australia 1866- April 1869 Otago New Zealand June 1869 – January 1879 Sydney New South Wales |
| Pension Paid | 1/8d per diem |
| Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland | 10th November 1860 Portland Dorset England |
| Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia | PALMERSTON 11th February 1861 |
| Date/Place of Birth | July 1819 Rathfarnham Dublin Ireland (Rookwood Sydney New South Wales burial records said he was born 17th June 1818) |
| 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 | TIERNEY Mary 11th February 1828 Belfast Ireland |
| Date/Place of Marriage | Not yet known |
| Children by 1st Wife | William B 1844 Port Royal (Kingston) Jamaica M CRISP Harriett 1875 Weymouth Dorset England D 1910 Camberwell London England Jane B 1845 Maroon Town (Falmouth) Jamaica M CORNELL George 1869 Victoria (tentative) D Not yet known Michael B 1849 Montreal Canada D Not yet known Patrick B 1850 Carmarthan Wales D Not yet known Henry B Glasgow Scotland 1853 D Not yet known Maryan B Parkhurst 1855 D Not yet known Henry B 1858 Dum Dum India D Not yet known Patrick Miles B 1861 Fremantle Western Australia D aged 11 weeks bur 2nd February 1862 St Patrick’s Cemetery Fremantle Western Australia Mary B Fremantle 1862 D Not yet known Thomas Patrick B 1864 Western Australia (Bi-Centennial Dictionary) D Not yet known Patrick J B 1869 Paddington New South Wales Australia D Not yet known John no date of birth found and may refer to Patrick J. (Funeral Notice for Mary) |
| Father of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth | TIERNEY Myles (Ref: Rookwood Cemetery, Sydney New South Wales) 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 | Adelaide Observer Saturday 8th September 1866 – page 5 The Adelaide Express 7th September 1866 – page 2 Sydney Morning Herald Tuesday 13th February 1894 – page 8 Sydney Morning Herald Monday 19th June 1899 – page 10 Sydney Morning Herald Thursday 14th August 1902 – page 10 |
| Departure from Western Australia | 12th August 1866 per “Emily Smith” to Adelaide South Australia 6th September 1866 per “Coorong” from Adelaide to Melbourne |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial | 17th June 1899 Sydney New South Wales Rookwood Old Catholic Mortuary (Section GG Row 18 plot 361) |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife | 11th February 1894 Newtown Sydney Rookwood Old Catholic Mortuary (Section GG row 18 plot 361) |
| Will or Probate | None known |
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