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| Name | FLYNN – John |
|---|---|
| Regiment (s) | 3rd and 49th Regiment |
| Regiment Number (s) | 1975 – 3rd Regiment 3687 – 49th Regiment |
| Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation | 10th March 1845 / 20 years / Tipperary Ireland Painter and Glazier |
| Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars | 5 Ft 9 in Fair / Grey / Fair / None |
| Overseas Service/Duration | Malta – 3 years Turkey – 5 months Crimea – 7 months |
| Length of Service | 12 years 8 days |
| Rank/Date/Place of Discharge | Corporal / 17th March 1857 / Chatham Kent England |
| Campaign Medals | Crimea War Medal with Alma and Inkermann clasps Turkish Crimea Medal |
| Intended Residence at Discharge | Clogheen Tipperary Ireland |
| Pension Districts | 1857 Clonmel 1859 1st Cork 1860 2nd Cork 1862 Tilbury 1862-1877 Western Australia |
| Pension Paid | 6d per diem From 13th to 28th February 1862 on Pay List Tilbury 1/3d per diem for 15 days 25th July 1876 Increased to 1/1d per diem for service to Enrolled Force |
| Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland | 16th March 1862 Portland Dorset England |
| Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia | NORWOOD 9th June 1862 |
| Date/Place of Birth | 12th February 1824 Cahir Tipperary Ireland |
| Date/Place of Baptism | Not yet known |
| Father Date/Place of Birth | FLYNN John c 1799 Cahir Tipperary Ireland |
| Mother Date/Place of Birth Marriage | WALSH Mary or Catherine Not yet known |
| Siblings | Not yet known |
| 1st Wife Date of Birth or Baptism | HOGAN (nee FOLEY) Catherine B 1st January 1832 Tallow Waterford Ireland |
| Date/Place of Marriage | 4th June 1855 Shanrahan Church Parish of Clonmel Ireland |
| Children by 1st Wife | William James B 9th April 1856 Queenstown Camden Fort Ireland M HOLT Elizabeth Maude 1882 Perth Western Australia D 19th November 1937 West Perth Western Australia bur Anglican Section Karrakatta Cemetery Western Australia Mary Ann B 8th April 1858 Clogheen Tipperary Ireland M JOYCE William Jolley 4th June 1884 Perth Western Australia D 27th August 1934 Perth Western Australia bur Anglican Section Karrakatta Cemetery Western Australia John B 12th June 1860 Fermoy Cork Ireland D 9th October 1865 Perth Western Australia (Reg. #3002) bur Church of England Section East Perth Cemeteries 10th September/October 1865 Edwin B 2nd June 1862 at sea aboard “Norwood” M POWELL Sarah Jane 25th September 1886 Perth Western Australia D 5th July 1946 Brunswick Victoria Samuel Henry B 13th November 1864 Perth Western Australia D 8th September 1935 West Perth Western Australia bur Anglican Section Karrakatta Cemetery Western Australia Robert George B 6th April 1867 Perth Western Australia M 1) READ Alice Emily 1894 Guildford Perth M 2) MOORE Helen Ada 14th May 1902 Perth Western Australia D 19th July 1948 Leederville Western Australia bur Wesleyan Section Karrakatta Cemetery Western Australia Michael B 3rd June 1869 Perth Western Australia M ROWAN Ella [Phoebe] May 31st May 1901 Subiaco Western Australia D 15th September 1948 West Perth Western Australia bur Anglican Section Karrakatta Cemetery Western Australia |
| Father of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth | FOLEY John Hugh B 1806 unknown location D 1886 unknown location |
| Mother of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth Marriage | FITZSIMMONS Isobel Not yet known |
| 1st Husband of Wife | HOGAN Thomas (d 1851) |
| Date/Place of Marriage | 1849 Lismore Waterford |
| Children by 1st Husband | None |
| Land Grants Western Australia | 8th October 1874 granted Perth Location Y 119 of 3 roods between John and Hardinge Streets West Perth |
| Occupation after Arrival | Painter and Glazier Dairy Farmer John Street North Perth |
| Newspaper Articles | London Gazette 22nd November and 1st December 1854 Severely wounded John Flynn (1975) 49th Foot battle of Inkermann West Australian 27th October 1927 (Funeral Notice Sarah Jane Flynn) The West Australian Friday 17th September 1948 page 1 Death notice Michael Flynn |
| Departure from Western Australia | Not applicable |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial | 23rd January 1877 Perth Western Australia 24th January 1877 Church of England Section East Perth Cemeteries [Headstone moved to Karrakatta Cemetery] |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife | 14th November 1921 West Perth Western Australia Anglican Section Karrakatta Cemetery Perth Western Australia |
| Will or Probate | John Flynn’s will dated 15th September 1876 (SRO Cons: 3403 1882-636). Probate granted 20th January 1882 John named his wife Catherine as executor. “After payment of my just Debts and Funeral Expenses I give to my four youngest Children the whole of my cows & their progeny for their own use and benefit, but they are not to dispose of any of them without the sanction of my wife and their mother Catherine O’Flynn”. |
| Further Information | Contributor to Greenough Fire Fund in 1864 and Pensioners Benevolent Fund British Army Worldwide Index 1851 John Flynn 1975 Private 3rd foot location Birr, Templemore and Cork Discharge due to defective vision and dyspnoea, varicose veins to right leg the result of a gunshot wound to the inner right thigh received at the Crimea (Inkermann) John Flynn’s pay book is available on microfilm at the Battye Library MN 640 Acc 2590A |