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77th Regiment

 

Crimean War Medal
Turkish Crimea Medal

 

NameCONLON / CONLAN – Michael
Regiment (s)77th 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/DurationMediterranean 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 Service22 years 28 days
Rank/Date/Place of DischargeSergeant / 23rd August 1859 / Chatham Kent England
Campaign MedalsCrimea War Medal
Turkish Crimea Medal
Intended Residence at
Discharge
Glasgow Scotland
Pension Districts1859 2nd Glasgow
1861-1866 Western Australia
1866-1869 Otago New Zealand
1869 -1899 Sydney New South Wales
Pension Paid1/8d 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 BirthJuly 1819 Rathfarnham Dublin Ireland
Date/Place of BaptismNot yet known
Father
Date/Place of Birth
Not yet known
Mother
Date/Place of Birth
Marriage
Not yet known
SiblingsNot yet known
1st Wife
Date of Birth or Baptism
TIERNEY Mary
c1828 Belfast Ireland
Date/Place of MarriageM c1842 – see further information
Children by 1st WifeWilliam B 1844 Port Royal (Kingston) Jamaica (WO97 said he was born ‘at sea.’)
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
Bp 22nd October 1855 Newport Hampshire England
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, Skinner Street 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 ArticlesAdelaide 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/Burial17th 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 ProbateNone known
Further InformationBritish Army Worldwide Index
1841 Michael Conlan 1051 was stationed with the 77th Regiment at Malta as was Miles Tierney 164 also of the 77th regiment. It looks as if Michael and Mary Tierney were married at Malta although the regiment went to Corfu in 1842 and they may have been married there.
1851 Corporal Michael Conlan 1051 77th Regiment location Newport Wales
Discharge due to chronic dysentery and failing in health and activity caused by climate and long service.
The first son William Conlan born 1844 at sea and baptised Jamaica followed in his father’s footsteps in that he was attested for the 77th regiment on 31 December 1856 age 14 years and 2 months. He served in the 77th for 18 years 182 days and was discharged on 30 April 1879. He married Harriett Crisp in 1875 at Weymouth, Dorset, England. The couple had 4 living children and 5 deceased in the 1911 Census. The family lived at 71 Victoria Road Camberwell, London from 1891 to 1911. He was discharged from the army as a musician and is described as that in the 1891 Census, although in the 1901 census he is a commissionaire. William died 1910.