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3rd Regiment
Name CORCORAN – John
Regiment (s)3rd Regiment
Regiment Number (s) 664
Date/Age/Place/Trade or
Profession at Attestation
11th August 1826 / 20 years / Dublin Dublin Ireland
Servant
Description – Height
Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars
5 Ft 6½ in
Fresh / Grey / Dark Brown / None
Overseas Service/DurationEast Indies 13 years 7 months
Length of Service21 years 130 days
Rank/Date/Place of DischargePrivate / 16th November 1848 / Limerick Ireland
Campaign MedalsNone
Intended Residence at
Discharge
Not yet known
Pension Districts1848 Belfast
1853 Tullamore
1856-1863 Western Australia
Pension Paid1/0d per diem
Date of Departure and Place
England or Ireland
5th June 1856 Plymouth England
Ship and Date of Arrival
Western Australia
RUNNYMEDE 7th September 1856
Date/Place of Birthc1806 Durrane Kings 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
UNKNOWN Catherine
Not yet known
Date/Place of MarriageNot yet known
Children by 1st WifeNot 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
2nd Husband of WifeLAMBERT Patrick
Date/Place of Marriage1865 Perth Western Australia
Children by 2nd HusbandNot yet known
Land Grants Western
Australia
Perth Location Y35 Corner Charles, Hardinge and Roe Streets Perth
Title application 22 November 1864 Title 2019
First granted to John Corcoran title was granted to his widow.
Occupation after
Arrival
Not yet known
Newspaper ArticlesInquirer and Commercial News Wednesday 19 March 1879 page 3 death of Catherine Lambert
West Australian Times Tuesday 18 March 1879 page 2
Departure from Western
Australia
Not Applicable
Date/Place of Death/Burial8th August 1863 Western Australia
Not yet known
Date/Place of Death/Burial
Wife
15th March 1879 Murray Street Perth WA
Will or ProbateNone known
Further InformationBritish Army worldwide index
1841 John Corcoran 664 3rd regiment stationed at Kurnaul Bengal
Discharge due to Rheumatism
Possible marriage was 15th January 1849 at St. Patrick’s Belfast City to Cath McCartney on 15th January 1849.
1858 John Corcoran was one of the pensioners who had their cottage built under a scheme authorised by Staff Officer Bruce where by the amount available to pensioners was not enough to cover the cost of the cottage (£47) and they agreed to pay 1/- per day towards the extra expense, however from 1st August to 31st January John Corcoran paid at the rate of 2/- per day.
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A man with same name appears on Bishop Salvado’s census in Albany 1854. Corcoran’s WO23/46 1855-1866 categorically said he came to WA in the Runnymede 1856