HULME – Robert 9th Regiment – Enrolled Pensioner Force WA

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Afghanistan Medal with clasp e.g. Kandahar

Name	HULME – Robert
Regiment (s)	9th Regiment
Regiment Number (s)	409
Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation	19th May 1826 / 17 years / Manchester England Cotton Spinner
Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars	5 Ft 6½ in Fair / Grey / Light Brown / None
Overseas Service/Duration	Mauritius – 2 years 195 days East Indies – 11 years 134 days
Length of Service	21 years 129 days
Rank/Date/Place of Discharge	Corporal / 25th September 1848 / Liverpool England
Campaign Medals	Afghanistan, Sutlej with clasps
Intended Residence at Discharge	Not yet known
Pension Districts	1848 1st Manchester 1851-1876 Western Australia
Pension Paid	1/2½d per diem 1873 Increased to 1/6d for service in Western Australia
Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland	1st February 1851 Falmouth England
Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia	MERMAID 15th May 1851
Date/Place of Birth	1806 Eccles Manchester 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	CONNOR Mary c 1827 Kerry Ireland (year from death registration, place daughters christening)
Date/Place of Marriage	15th May 1854 Fremantle Western Australia Marriage Certificate 704/1854 records that Robert Hume, pensioner, was married in Fremantle to Mary Haley, widow, servant, daughter Jeremiah Connors according to Catholic Church rites by Chaplain Timothy Donovan
Children by 1^st Wife	Mary B 6th April 1855 Fremantle Western Australia M 1st EWING James Duncan Fremantle Western Australia M 2nd MYERS Reuben 1886 Fremantle Western Australia D 24th June 1924 Perth Western Australia bur Roman Catholic Section Karrakatta Cemetery Western Australia James B 29th November 1857 Fremantle Western Australia M MULCAHY Ann 8th October 1882 Western Australia D 30th August 1910 West Subiaco Western Australia bur Roman Catholic Section Karrakatta Cemetery Western Australia Anne B 19th April 1860 Fremantle Western Australia D possibly 1861 age 1 Robert B 15th April 1862 Fremantle Western Australia M NEALE Annie 1894 Perth D 14th September 1904 Perth Western Australia bur Roman Catholic Section Karrakatta Cemetery Western Australia
Father of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth	CONNOR Jeremiah
Mother of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth Marriage	Not yet known
Land Grants Western Australia	North Fremantle lot P55 2 acres
Occupation after Arrival	Not yet known
Newspaper Articles	Western Mail Saturday 24th September 1904 – page 31 – death notice Robert HULME (son) Western Mail Saturday 3rd September 1910 – page 31 – death of James HULME Western Mail Thursday 3rd July 1924 – page 2 – death of Mary Myers (nee Hulme)
Departure from Western Australia	None known
Date/Place of Death/Burial	1876 Western Australia Not yet known
Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife	1883 Fremantle Western Australia Not yet known
Will or Probate	None known
Further Information	1842 – Gunshot wound to right foot while forcing the Khyber Pass and again left cheek at Ferozeshah. Took part in Afghanistan campaign 1842 and served with Army of the Sutlej in 1845-6. Was present at the battles of Moodkee, Ferozeshah and Sobraon. British Army Worldwode Index 1841 Robert Hulme 409 Private 9th Foot location Meerut Discharge was due to chronic rheumatism and general constitutional derangement contracted in India Robert Hulme was one of the five pensioners who joined the Mermaid at Portsmouth just prior to sailing because the strength of the Convict guard had been depleted when two families were sent ashore because their children had measles and another had died. At the time he was a single man. 19th February 1853 – Charged with gross negligence of duty. Struck off the duty detachment and loss of pension for 2 months.