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| Name | DAY – John |
|---|---|
| Regiment (s) | 31st Regiment |
| Regiment Number (s) | 1520 |
| Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation | 20th May 1840 / 23 years 4 months / Anrasgift (?) Ireland Labourer |
| Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars | 5 Ft 8in Sallow / Grey / Brown / Wound |
| Overseas Service/Duration | East Indies – 6 years |
| Length of Service | 6 years 283 days |
| Rank/Date/Place of Discharge | Private / 26th February 1847 / Not Stated |
| Campaign Medals | 1st Afghan War Medal Sutlej Medal clasps Moodkee and Ferozeshar |
| Intended Residence at Discharge | Clonmel Tipperary Ireland |
| Pension Districts | 1847 Clonmel 1849 Cardiff Wales 1850-1852 Western Australia |
| Pension Paid | 6d per diem |
| Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland | 4th March 1850 Portsmouth Hampshire England |
| Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia | SCINDIAN 1st June 1850 |
| Date/Place of Birth | c1817 Clanulty (Clonoulty) near Cashel Tipperary 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 | KILFOYLE Johanna/Judith see Further information Not yet known |
| Date/Place of Marriage | 30th August 1847 Cashel, Tipperary, Ireland |
| Children by 1st Wife | Ellen B c1850 M 1st DUNKLEY Thomas 1870 Perth Western Australia M 2nd DENNIS Henry James 1875 Perth D 1st April 1900 Leederville Western Australia bur Roman Catholic Section Karrakatta Cemetery Western Australia Alice b 19th October 1852 Fremantle WA Bp 7th July 1852 Perth WA |
| 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 | August 1850 assigned Location P16 at South Perth December 1851 assigned and occupied Lot 5 at North Fremantle |
| Occupation after Arrival | 1851 employed as Night Warder Labourer |
| Newspaper Articles | Perth Gazette 14th June 1850 arrival of Scindian Perth Gazette 24th September 1852 – report of John Day’s death by drowning The West Australian Tuesday 3rd April 1900 page 4 Death notice Ellen Dennis |
| Departure from Western Australia | Not applicable |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial | 17th September 1852 Western Australia |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife | Not yet known |
| Will or Probate | None known |
| Further Information | British Army Worldwide Index 1841 John day 1520 Private 31st foot location Agra Discharge due to wound received at Sobraon. ‘Served in the campaign of Afghanistan and was present at the action of Moodkee Ferozeshar Aliwal and Sobraon –wounded at the latter.’ After the arrival of the Scindian at Fremantle Captain Henderson wrote a report listing the rank name, trade or calling, rate of pension, date of enlistment for 5 months service, marital status, and number of children for each pensioner. Sometimes the trade of calling differed from that recorded at the time of attestation: Private John Day, farm labourer, 6d. 17th January, married 1 child. John Day was allotted a grant of 5 acres at South Perth a settlement which had no chance of success owing to its isolation being only assessable by water and the heavy timbering of the land. All the men surrendered their allotments some being granted land at Freshwater Bay. John Day was drowned in the Swan River near Freshwater Bay while delivering timber to Fremantle. 9th November Mrs Day applies for relief as she has just been confined, recommends she be allotted rations for a short period. There appears to be some confusion about the name of John Day’s wife as not only does the Christian name vary between Johanna, Judith and Julia but the surname varies from Kilfoyle, Kilfroy, Kilfoy to Guilfoyle. The marriage of John Dea (sic) on 30th August 1847 at Cashel Tipperary gives the bride’s name as Judith Guilfoyle. There is also a Mary Dea (sic) baptised Cashel on 12th June 1848 mother Judy Guilfoyle who may be a child of the John Day marriage. However, on Allice Dey’s (sic) baptism her mother’s name is given as Julia Kilfoy. It appears that as Judith Kilfroy(sic) she married William Walsh at Fremantle in 1854. William and Judith do not appear to have had children in Western Australia and they disappear from the records. |