HUGHES – Patrick 84th Regiment and 60th Rifles 2nd Battalion

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60th Regiment Kings Royal Rifles Helmet Plate

Name	HUGHES – Patrick
Regiment (s)	84th Regiment and 60th Rifles 2nd Battalion
Regiment Number (s)	1494 – 84th Regiment 1450 – 60th Regiment
Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation	16th August 1839 / 17 years / Kilkenny Kilkenny Ireland Labourer
Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars	5 Ft 8 in Dark / Hazel / Brown / None
Overseas Service/Duration	Corfu – 5 months Jamaica – 2 years 11 months Canada – 3 years Cape of Good Hope – 7 years 1 month East Indies – 1 year 6 months
Length of Service	21 years 19 days
Rank/Date/Place of Discharge	Private / 21st August 1861 / Winchester Hampshire England
Campaign Medals	South Africa Medal 1853 for service in the 3rd Kaffir Wars Indian Mutiny Medal 1857-1858
Intended Residence at Discharge	Callen Kilkenny Ireland
Pension Districts	1861 Kilkenny 1863 Tilbury 1863-1886 Western Australia
Pension Paid	11d per diem 4th June 1878 Increased to 1/5d per diem for service in the Enrolled Force Western Australia
Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland	23rd September 1863 Portland Dorset England
Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia	LORD DALHOUSIE 28th December 1863
Date/Place of Birth	1822 Callen Kilkenny 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
1^st Wife Date of Birth or Baptism	VASS Catherine B 1836 (deduced) unknown location
Date/Place of Marriage	Not yet known
Children by 1^st Wife	Mary B Not yet known D Not yet known Annie B 1863 M MATTHEWSON Robert 1884 Northam Western Australia Patrick B 17th February 1870 Fremantle Western Australia D Not yet known Edmund B 9th February 1873 Fremantle Western Australia D Not yet known Thomas B 16th January 1876 Fremantle Western Australia D 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	19 February 1885 granted Lot 1067 of 10 Acres 31 perches in Freshwater Bay Claremont (fronting Servetus Street between Mitford St and Shenton Road) (Title Deed 6/14)
Occupation after Arrival	Not yet known
Newspaper Articles	None found
Departure from Western Australia	Not applicable
Date/Place of Death/Burial	4th April 1886 Fremantle Western Australia Not yet known
Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife	D 1886 Western Australia Not yet known
Will or Probate	None known
Further Information	1841 British Army World Wide Index – Location: At sea, Jamaica 1851 British Army World Wide Index – Location: Kilkenny, Ireland 1861 British Army World Wide Index – Regiment stationed at: Winchester, 1861 Census RG 09/691/160 – St. Thomas Winchester, Hampshire, England. Patrick Hughes, unmarried, 38, Private in Army, born Ireland SROWA Cons 527/1885/1932 The Resident Magistrate at Fremantle on 18 May 1885 wrote to the Colonial Secretary requesting relief for Pensioner Patrick Hughes, 1/5d, who according to the Colonial Surgeon was bedridden. The police were asked to give a report of the man’s condition as follows:- Cons 430/744/1885 19 May 1885. Patrick Hughes is 73 years of age and his wife Catherine 49. One son Thomas aged nine is living at home. Edmond, 15, is at work at Rockingham for a Mr. Christie (?) in return for food and clothing, Patrick, 13, is at the Canning working for Mr Bu… again just for food and clothing, one daughter is married to a man called Mathison who is working for the railway at York, and the other daughter Annie is a prostitute in Fremantle living with a Mr W. Smith. Hughes has no assistance from them and has to pay rent of 26/- a quarter from his pension. He is bedridden and unable to sit up or walk and his wife has nearly lost the use of her right leg. He said he does not care to enter the Poor house. William Dale the Superintendent of the Poor House recommended that he receive relief in the form of the daily ration of 1lb bread, 8 ounces of meat, 1 ½ ounces of sugar and 1/3 ounce of tea. Authorised from 28 May until further order.