GALLAGHER – Peter 3rd Regiment – Enrolled Pensioner Force WA

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Name	GALLAGHER – Peter
Regiment (s)	3rd Regiment
Regiment Number (s)	2811
Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation	18th August 1851 / 17 years 8 months / Esrick (Escrick) Yorkshire England Labourer
Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars	5 Ft 6½ in Sallow / Blue / Dark Brown / None
Overseas Service/Duration	Malta – 6 months Greece – 6 months Crimea – 6 months
Length of Service	4 years 29 days
Rank/Date/Place of Discharge	Corporal / 15th January 1856 / Chatham Kent England
Campaign Medals	Crimea War Medal Crimea Turkish medal
Intended Residence at Discharge	Bradford Yorkshire England
Pension Districts	1856 Halifax 1857 Ennis 1858- Western Australia
Pension Paid	1/0d per diem
Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland	26th August 1858 Plymouth England
Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia	EDWIN FOX 20th November 1858
Date/Place of Birth	c1833 Ardrahan Gort Galway Ireland
Date/Place of Baptism	Not yet known
Father Date/Place of Birth	Not yet known
Mother Date/Place of Birth Marriage	UNKNOWN Anne Not yet known
Siblings	Martin B Not yet known Patrick B Not yet known Mary B Not yet known Bridget B Not yet known
1^st Wife Date of Birth or Baptism	TAYLOR Maria 1840 Ireland
Date/Place of Marriage	1st January 1859 Western Australia
Children by 1^st Wife	Not yet known
Father of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth	TAYLOR Joseph 2nd Dragoon Guard (Lord Raglan) B 1810 Castleton Rochdale Yorkshire England
Mother of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth Marriage	FOX Maria
2nd Husband of Wife	CALVERT John – 83rd Regiment arrived “Corona” 1866
Date/Place of Marriage	1874 Western Australia
Children by 2^ndHusband	Joseph John B 1875 Fremantle Western Australia D 18th May 1906 Fremantle Western Australia bur Roman Catholic Section Fremantle Cemetery Western Australia Mary Ann B 1876 Fremantle Western Australia M MULLINS Patrick Joseph 1899 Fremantle Western Australia
Land Grants Western Australia	Cockburn Location 127 (This may have been a purchase)
Occupation after Arrival	Small farmer
Newspaper Articles	The Perth Gazette and Independent Journal of Politics and News Friday 4 February 1859 page 2 Account of the pursuit of the 5 escapees. Inquirer and Commercial News Wednesday 9th February 1859 page 2 The Herald Saturday 23rd November 1872 page
Departure from Western Australia	Not Applicable
Date/Place of Death/Burial	24th May 1871 Western Australia Headstone on Heritage Trail Fremantle Cemetery Western Australia
Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife	19th August 1908 North Fremantle Western Australia Roman Catholic Section Fremantle Cemetery Western Australia
Will or Probate	Cons 3403 1872/425 Peter Gallagher made his will on 30th November 1869 naming Michael Lyons and John Gallagher as the executors He bequeathed all his household furniture, linen, wearing apparel to his dearly beloved wife Maria Gallagher. He also desired his executors to sell and dispose and convert to money the other parts of his real and personal estate either by public auction or private contract. The proceeds to be divided between two thirds to his dearly beloved wife and the other third to his mother Anne Gallagher living near the town of Ardrahan. In the event of her death her share to be equally divided amongst his 2 brother and 2 sisters ie Martin, Patrick, Mary and Bridget Gallagher.
Further Information	Peter Gallagher was severely wounded at the bombardment of Sebastopol. He suffered the loss by amputation of nearly the whole of the ring finger and the last phalanges of the little finger of the left hand after a wound by a shell fragment on 25th August – the same shell fragment caused further damage to the hand. 29th April 1859 Peter Gallagher sergeant of the Enrolled Force Fremantle wrote to the Resident Magistrate Fremantle requesting that a reward be given to the five pensioners involved in the pursuit of 5 escapees on the boat Zillah commiserate with that awarded to the water police. Bruce reprimanded him saying they were not entitled as they were not involved in the capture of the escapees.