GALLAGHER – John 31st Regiment – Enrolled Pensioner Force WA

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Name	GALLAGHER – John
Regiment (s)	31st Regiment
Regiment Number (s)	2084
Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation	11th December 1843 / 22 years /Elphin Roscommon Ireland
Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars	5 Ft 8 in Fresh / Grey / Brown / Marked with small pox
Overseas Service/Duration	Mediterranean – 4years 161 days Crimea – 1 year 79 days Cape of Good Hope – 138 days East Indies- 3 years 186 days China – 2 years 166 days
Length of Service	18 years 360 days
Rank/Date/Place of Discharge	Private / 13th January 1863 / Chatham Kent England
Campaign Medals	Sutlej Medal with 3 clasps Crimea Medal with Sebastopol clasp Turkish Crimea Medal Eligible for a medal for China
Intended Residence at Discharge	Sligo Ireland
Pension Districts	1863 Sligo 1864 Tilbury 1864-1883 Western Australia
Pension Paid	6d per diem 1877 Half pension suspended (drunk on Guard duty) and half paid to wife 1878 Increased to 1/0d per diem for service to Enrolled Force 1887 increased to 1/1d per diem for further service to Enrolled Force
Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland	1st July 1864 Portland Dorset England
Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia	MERCHANTMAN 12th September 1864
Date/Place of Birth	1821 Rathowen West Meath 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	FEEHALY Ann
Date/Place of Marriage	1841 Sligo Ireland
Children by 1^st Wife	Mary Ann B 1847 Manchester England M CAMPBELL Thomas 1870 Perth Western Australia son of EPG Kenneth Campbell D 16th April 1913 Cottesloe Western Australia bur Roman Catholic Section Karrakatta Cemetery Western Australia Joseph B 1851 Ireland D Not yet known Eliza B 1855 Zante Greece D Not yet known Catherine B 1857 Gibraltar M CALLAGHAN John Joseph 1875 Fremantle Western Australia D 31st January 1938 Beaconsfield Western Australia bur Roman Catholic Section Fremantle Cemetery Western Australia Ellen B 1860 Chatham Kent England D 1862 Medway Kent England Mark (Marcus) B 6th November 1863 bap 5th December 1863 St John’s Sligo (address Holburn Street) Diocese Elphin. (Possible) 1889 died age 25 No details
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	28th July 1884 Title Application 15th September 1884 Cockburn Location P19 of 20 acres Title granted to widow Ann Gallagher
Occupation after Arrival	Not yet known
Newspaper Articles	West Australian 22nd April 1913 – page 4: Obituary for daughter Mary Ann Campbell West Australian 2nd February 1938 – page 12: Obituary for daughter Catherine Callaghan
Departure from Western Australia	Not applicable
Date/Place of Death/Burial	27th October 1883 Fremantle Western Australia Not yet known
Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife	1885 Western Australia Not yet known
Will or Probate	None known
Further Information	ohn Gallagher’s enlistment as a married man was somewhat unusual: further comment on this is available. British Army Worldwide Index 1851 John Gallagher 2084 Private 31st Foot location Dublin Ireland 1861 John Gallagher 2084 Private 31st Foot location China. In the 1861 Census Ann Gallagher a soldier’s wife age 34 born Sligo Ireland is living at Cross Street Chatham with the following children: Mary Ann age 14 born Manchester Joseph age 10 born Ireland Eliza age 6 born Zante Catherine age 3 born Gibraltar Ellen age 6 months born Chatham Kent Her husband John was at the tine serving with his regiment in China. Discharge due to chronic rheumatism and general debility. John and Ann Callaghan were accompanied on the Merchantman by their children Mary Anne, Joseph, Eliza, Catherine and Mark. Their conduct on the ship was rated as ‘Very Good.’