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Name | HOLMAN – William |
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Regiment (s) | 81st Regiment |
Regiment Number (s) | 1456 |
Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation | 16th March 1840 / 20 years and 10 months / Bristol England Blacksmith |
Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars | 5 Ft 7 in Pale / Hazel / Auburn / None |
Overseas Service/Duration | West Indies – 1 year 5 months Canada – 4 years 3 months |
Length of Service | 12 years 78 days |
Rank/Date/Place of Discharge | Corporal / 16th April 1852/ Dublin Ireland |
Campaign Medals | None |
Intended Residence at Discharge | Camborne Cornwall |
Pension Districts | 1852 Falmouth 1853-1855 Western Australia |
Pension Paid | 8d per diem for 3 years: pension expires 25th June 1855 |
Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland | 30th May 1853 Tilbury England via Dublin |
Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia | PHOEBE DUNBAR 30th August 1853 |
Date/Place of Birth | c May 1819 St Michael’s London Middlesex England |
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 Mary Not yet known |
Date/Place of Marriage | Not yet known |
Children by 1st Wife | William B c1849 Ireland D Not yet known Margaret B 30th June 1851 Ireland bap 31st August 1851 Church Of Ireland Templemore Tipperary Ireland D 9th August 1853 aboard the “Phoebe Dunbar” |
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 | Inquirer and Commercial News Perth 19th September 1855 – page 2 South Australian Register 27th September 1855 – page 2 |
Departure from Western Australia | W Holman and son left Fremantle on the 11th September 1855 on the Thane of Fife for Adelaide |
Date/Place of Death/Burial | Not yet known |
Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife | Not yet known |
Will or Probate | None known |
Further Information | British Army Worldwide index 1841 William Holman 1456 Private 81st Foot location Charlesfort Kinsale 1851 William Holman 1456 Corporal 81st Foot location Templemore Discharge due to a rupture on his left side first occurred 1848 Halifax (Canada) William Holman Guard’s child aged 4 was treated for whooping cough on 15th May aboard the Phoebe Dunbar while his young sister Margaret aged 1 year and 6 months died August 9th from dysentery. William age 33 was treated for phthisis August 16th and was not recovered at the time of arriving at Fremantle. |