FITZMAURICE – Lewis 1st Dragoons – Enrolled Pensioner Force WA

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Name	FITZMAURICE – Lewis
Regiment (s)	1st Dragoons
Regiment Number (s)	985
Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation	15th August 1846 / 19 years / Cork Cork Ireland Sailor
Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars	5 Ft 9¼ in Fair / Light Blue / Auburn / None
Overseas Service/Duration	Turkey and Crimea – 10 months
Length of Service	8 years 360 days
Rank/Date/Place of Discharge	Private / 11th September 1855 / Chatham Kent England
Campaign Medals	Crimea and Crimea Turkish
Intended Residence at Discharge	Preston England
Pension Districts	1855 Preston 1857 1st Belfast 1857 Preston 1858 1st North London 1867 Tilbury 1867-1873 Western Australia
Pension Paid	9d per diem – Temporary 2 years to 2nd October 1857 1857 Increased to 6d per diem Permanent
Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland	18th April 1867 Portland England
Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia	NORWOOD 13th July 1867
Date/Place of Birth	c1827 Fermoy Cork 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
1^st Wife Date of Birth or Baptism	Not yet known
Date/Place of Marriage	Not yet known
Children by 1^st Wife	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
Occupation after Arrival	Not yet known
Newspaper Articles	Not yet known
Departure from Western Australia	Not Applicable
Date/Place of Death/Burial	17th August 1873 Military Barracks Perth Western Australia East Perth Cemeteries Western Australia
Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife	Not yet known
Will or Probate	None known
Further Information	British Army Worldwide Index 1851 Lewis Fitzmaurice 985 Private 1st Royal Regiment of Dragoons location Nottingham Discharge due to frostbite to both feet.