HOWARD – Michael 10th Regiment – Enrolled Pensioner Force WA

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Name	HOWARD – Michael
Regiment (s)	10th Regiment
Regiment Number (s)	905
Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation	27th January 1838 / 18 years / Fermoy Ireland Labourer
Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars	No details provided
Overseas Service/Duration	East Indies -16 years 2 months
Length of Service	21 years 272 days
Rank/Date/Place of Discharge	Private / 25th October 1859 / no place recorded
Campaign Medals	Sutlej Campaign Medal 1845-6 Punjab Campaign Medal 1848-9 India Mutiny Medal 1857-1858
Intended Residence at Discharge	Not stated
Pension Districts	1859 Clonmel 1861-1890 Western Australia
Pension Paid	8d per diem
Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland	10th November 1860 Portland Dorset England
Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia	PALMERSTON 11th February 1861
Date/Place of Birth	1820 Lismore Waterford Ireland
Date/Place of Baptism	Not yet known
Father Date/Place of Birth	HOWARD John
Mother Date/Place of Birth Marriage	Not yet known
Siblings	Not yet known
1^st Wife Date of Birth or Baptism	CASEY Catherine Not yet known
Date/Place of Marriage	14th October 1860 Wesleyan Chapel Gravesend Kent England
Children by 1^st Wife	Not yet known
Father of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth	CASEY Patrick
Mother of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth Marriage	Not yet known
Land Grants Western Australia	Granted Freshwater Bay Location 1074 12 acres and 4 roods
Occupation after Arrival	Not yet known
Newspaper Articles	Daily News Saturday 21st June 1890 – page 3
Departure from Western Australia	Not applicable
Date/Place of Death/Burial	16th June 1890 Mt. Eliza Depot Perth Western Australia East Perth Cemeteries Western Australia
Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife	A Kate Howard died 1886 at Fremantle WA no further information
Will or Probate	None known
Further Information	British Army Worldwide index 1841 Michael Howard, 905, private, Location Manchester & Newcastle, England. WO12/2779 1851 Michael Howard, 905, private, location Wazirabad, Pakistan. WO12/2788. Discharge due to having served upwards of 21 years. Michael and Catherine married less than a month before the Palmerston sailed, fellow guard William Yendall was one of the witnesses to the marriage. SROWA Cons 36 Volume 541 Folio 217 Thomas Symmonds, resident Magistrate Fremantle. 25 March 1865, to Colonial Secretary: A pensioner named Howard, some 6 months back left with her consent, his wife in Fremantle and proceeded to Champion Bay – where I understand he is working steadily. He left his pension of 8d per day for his wife promising to remit her money occasionally. This, although he writes to her he has failed in doing. I found her yesterday –lying sick in bed, dependant on the assistance of a neighbour nearly as poor as herself. She is a very decent and respectable woman and I have the honor to request His Excellency to allow her the usual pauper aid until I am enabled to communicate with her husband and make some satisfactory arrangements –not only for the future but for the … of the Government advance . Lt. Col Bruce replied 28 March 1865. Mrs Howard received payment on the 11th last £3 the amount of her husband’s pension to 31st Inst. I will by the first opportunity send receipt to Howard for signature to enable me to pay her the next quarter pension. This woman is honest but thriftless. In 1881 Michael Howard requested to be admitted to the Mt Eliza Depot as he was half blind and feeble Staff Officer Armstrong recommended he be admitted but that did not happen until 1889. (SROWA cons 31)