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| Name | GALLAGHER – Patrick |
|---|---|
| Regiment (s) | Royal Artillery 7th Battery |
| Regiment Number (s) | |
| Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation | 15th August 1826 / 17 years / Omagh Labourer |
| Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars | 5 Ft 9¼ in Fresh / Brown / Black / None |
| Overseas Service/Duration | Corfu – 1 year West Indies – 2 years 3 months |
| Length of Service | 21 years 68 days |
| Rank/Date/Place of Discharge | Gunner / 10th October 1848 / Woolwich Kent England |
| Campaign Medals | None |
| Intended Residence at Discharge | Not stated |
| Pension Districts | 1848 Woolwich 1849 South London 1850-1854 Western Australia 1855 Melbourne 1855-1858 Van Dieman’s Land 1859 Melbourne 1859 Londonderry 1859 Omagh 1859 Londonderry 1874-1877 Woolwich 1877 London South |
| Pension Paid | 1/0d 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 | c1809 Arstraw Tyrone 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 | UNKNOWN |
| Date/Place of Marriage | Not yet known |
| Children by 1st 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 | Not applicable |
| Occupation after Arrival | Not yet known |
| Newspaper Articles | Perth Gazette 14th June 1850 page 4 |
| Departure from Western Australia | 13th November 1854 Left WA per Amazon arrived Melbourne 6th December 1854 (No passenger list) According to the Victorian coastal shipping list this was a single man. |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial | Not yet known |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife | Not yet known |
| Will or Probate | None known |
| Further Information | 1841 Census HO 107/324/12/15 Barrack and Ordnance Buildings Purfleet Within the Walls West Thurrock Essex England Patrick Gallagher aged 30 Royal Artillery soldier born Ireland Mary Gallagher age 30 born in Essex wife of soldier (May or may not be Patrick’s wife) Discharge die to chronic rheumatism 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 Patrick Gallagher, groom and servant, 1/-, 17th January, married. A Patrick Gallagher departed Melbourne May 1859 per Prince of the seas for Liverpool |