HOLMAN – William 81st Regiment – Enrolled Pensioner Force WA

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Name	HOLMAN – William
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
1^st Wife Date of Birth or Baptism	UNKNOWN Mary Not yet known
Date/Place of Marriage	Not yet known
Children by 1^st 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.