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| Name | JOYCE – Martin |
|---|---|
| Regiment (s) | Honourable East India Company 1st Bengal Artillery 3rd Company |
| Regiment Number (s) | Discharge No. 107 |
| Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation | 15 March 1839/21/Dublin Ireland Clerk |
| Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars | 5 Ft 11 in Fresh / Brown / Brown / None |
| Overseas Service/Duration | HEIC To India 30/09/1839 per Repulse 1854 Returned to UK per Adelaide |
| Length of Service | 14 years 4 months |
| Rank/Date/Place of Discharge | Corporal / 1st November 1854 / Not yet known |
| Campaign Medals | Not yet known |
| Intended Residence at Discharge | c1811 Clifden Galway Ireland |
| Pension Districts | 1854 2nd Dublin 1855 Galway Militia 1856 Galway 1858-1875 Western Australia |
| Pension Paid | 1/0d per diem |
| Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland | 5th March 1858 Plymouth England |
| Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia | LORD RAGLAN 1st June 1858 |
| Date/Place of Birth | c1811 Moria Galway 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 | FLAHERTY Catherine B 1825 (deduced) |
| Date/Place of Marriage | Not yet known |
| Children by 1st Wife | 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 |
| 2nd Husband of Wife | CORNICK George – 59th Regiment arrived “HOUGOUMONT” 1868 |
| Date/Place of Marriage | 1876 Fremantle Western Australia |
| Children by 2nd Husband | None known |
| Land Grants Western Australia | None |
| Occupation after Arrival | Not yet known |
| Newspaper Articles | Inquirer and Commercial News Wednesday 27th January 1892 page 2 Death of Catherine Cormick (sic) |
| Departure from Western Australia | Not applicable |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial | 7th December 1875 Fremantle Western Australia Not yet known |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife | January 1892 Perth Home Western Australia East Perth Cemeteries Western Australia |
| Will or Probate | SROWA Cons 3403/1881/622 Will dated 18 November 1875 whereby Martin Joyce left all his estate and effects both real and personal to his wife Catherine Joyce. |
| Further Information | Discharge due to contusion of the knee Purchased 1868 Fremantle Town lot 834 and 835 acreage unknown. 4 November 1874 Martin Joyce of the Duty Force applied for a grant as he had erected a substantial cottage on the land he had purchased. Colonel Harvest gave a testament to Martin Joyce’s character. Martin’s age at the time of attestation and discharge are not compatible – give different year of birth In 1866 Martin Joyce nominated his nephew Thomas Concannon, age 22, a constable at Castle Baldwin, Boyle, Sligo as an immigrant. Mrs Cormick (sic) of Fremantle was admitted to the Women’s Home in January 1892 suffering from debility and died ten days later. |