HYLAND – John 37th Regiment – Enrolled Pensioner Force WA

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Name	HYLAND – John
Regiment (s)	37th Regiment
Regiment Number (s)	1761
Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation	22nd February 1841 / 19 years / Newry Down Ireland Labourer
Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars	5 Ft 8½ in Fresh / Dark / Brown / None
Overseas Service/Duration	Ceylon – 10 years 2 months Bengal – 3 years 9 months
Length of Service	21 years 67 days
Rank/Date/Place of Discharge	Private / 29th February 1862 / no location given
Campaign Medals	Indian Mutiny Medal 1857 – 58
Intended Residence at Discharge	“Back of the ‘Welsh Harp’ Cooper Street Runcorn Cheshire England”
Pension Districts	1862 1st Liverpool 1862 Manchester 1862 2nd Belfast 1863 Glasgow 1863 Tilbury 1863-1874 Western Australia
Pension Paid	1/1d per diem 28th October 1873 Increased to 1/3d per diem for 9 years’ 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 Naas Kildare Ireland
Date/Place of Baptism	Not yet known
Father Date/Place of Birth	HYLAND Patrick Not yet known
Mother Date/Place of Birth Marriage	UNKNOWN Mary Not yet known
Siblings	Not yet known
1^st Wife Date of Birth or Baptism	TOOHEY Eliza (widow) 1834 Ireland (deduced)
Date/Place of Marriage	1st January 1868 Guildford Western Australia
Children by 1^st Wife	John B 30th July 1869 Guildford Western Australia M KEELER Ellen 1892 Guildford Western Australia D 30th January 1956 Victoria Park Western Australia bur Ashes scattered Crematorium Rose Garden Karrakatta Cemetery Western Australia Joseph B 23rd July 1871 Guildford Western Australia D 1875 Western Australia
Father of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth	BRYAN Frank Not yet known
Mother of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth Marriage	UNKNOWN Ann Not yet known
1st Husband of Wife	Possibly EPG TOOHEY Michael EIC Merchantman 1863
Date/Place of Marriage	Not yet known
Children by 1st Husband	Not yet known
Land Grants Western Australia	Granted Locations P122 and P125 both of 2 acres in West Guildford on Surrey Street Bassendean: Titles 3/734 & 3/676. Fee Simple was awarded to Eliza after her husband’s death
Occupation after Arrival	Not yet known
Newspaper Articles	Inquirer & Commercial News Wednesday 6th September 1865 – page 3 West Australian 6th July 1904 – page 3 (Eliza’s death)
Departure from Western Australia	Not applicable
Date/Place of Death/Burial	20th November 1874 Western Australia Not yet known
Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife	1904 Western Australia Not yet known
Will or Probate	None known
Further Information	1841 British Army World Wide Index – Location: Limerick & Birr, Ireland 1851 British Army World Wide Index – Location: Kandy & Colombo, Ceylon 1861 British Army World Wide Index – return from India Discharge: Free with pension having completed 21 years and upwards John Hyland was one of six pensioners engaged to accompany Mr. C.C. Hunt on an expedition to open up the country east of York from 17 January to 26 August 1865. Hyland unfortunately suffered a groin injury as a result of falling on a rock and dislocating his hip. He was unfit to continue and eventually returned to base. Hunt records in detail all the duties recorded by the Pensioners and of Pensioner Gale being too old for the journey and he also returned to base. The party suffered from lack of water, sore eyes, splinters in eyes, and one of the convicts having a ‘gathering under his foot’, bullocks being poisoned and excessive heat and bush fires. As well as making a trail the party were digging wells and bricking them up to provide permanent water holes for travellers. Reel 1646 Piece 144 Despatches September – December 1865 Page 25. CC Hunt’s journal in which he records having been accompanied by Pensioners Corporal John Martin, George Pidgeon, John Locklan, Henry Rooney, William Hyland, and Thomas Gale.