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Name | HURLEY – John |
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Regiment (s) | 54th and 87th Regiment |
Regiment Number (s) | 2519 – 54th Regiment 2705 – 87th Regiment |
Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation | 20th February 1847 / 23 years / Clonmel Tipperary Ireland Labourer |
Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars | 5 Ft 8 in Fresh / Hazel / Fair / None |
Overseas Service/Duration | East Indies – 10 years 8 months China – 1 year 1 month |
Length of Service | 15 years 23 days |
Rank/Date/Place of Discharge | Private / 14th April 1862 / probably Dublin as Inquiry held previously on 3rd April |
Campaign Medals | Indian Mutiny Medal 1857 – 58 |
Intended Residence at Discharge | Glasgow Scotland |
Pension Districts | 1862 Clonmel 1863 Tilbury 1863-1883 Western Australia |
Pension Paid | 6d per diem 18th January 1881 Increased to 1/0d 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 | 1824 Dungarven Wexford 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 |
1st Wife Date of Birth or Baptism | CONNELLY / CONNOLLY Catherine 1830 (deduced) Ireland |
Date/Place of Marriage | 1863 Clonmel Tipperary Ireland |
Children by 1st Wife | Michael (HURDLEY sic) B 1863 Fremantle Western Australia D Not yet known John (HURDLEY sic) (Mother Catherine HALLIDAY) B 1865 Fremantle Western Australia D Not yet known Patrick Joseph (HEARDLEY sic) B 2nd March 1867 Rottnest Island Western Australia D Not yet known James B 1871 Western Australia D 1871 4 days old Fremantle Western Australia |
Father of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth | Not yet known |
Mother of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth Marriage | Not yet known |
2nd Husband of Wife | WRIGHT James |
Date/Place of Marriage | 1885 Northampton Western Australia |
Children by 2nd Husband | None |
Land Grants Western Australia | Granted Willagee Swamp Location 232 of 20 acres (east side of North Lake Road and today it would be near Gilbertson and North Lake Roads Kardinya. Title issued 18th August 1884 |
Occupation after Arrival | Timber mill worker at time of death in 1883 – crushed between two logs |
Newspaper Articles | West Australian Times Friday 5th February 1875 – page 5 Inquirer & Commercial News Wednesday 25th April 1883 – page 3 |
Departure from Western Australia | Not applicable |
Date/Place of Death/Burial | 21st April 1883 Colonial Hospital Perth Western Australia East Perth Cemeteries Western Australia |
Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife | Not yet known |
Will or Probate | None known |
Further Information | 1851 British Army World Wide Index – Location: Ferozepore, India 1861 British Army World Wide Index – return from China SROWA – Cons 527/1884/5682 |