KELLY – John 41st Regiment – Enrolled Pensioner Force WA

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Name	KELLY – John
Regiment (s)	41st Regiment
Regiment Number (s)	3246
Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation	28th March 1854 / 18 years 6 months / Mullingar Westmeath Ireland Labourer
Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars	5 Ft 6 in Fresh / Blue / Brown / None
Overseas Service/Duration	None stated
Length of Service	2 years 257 days
Rank/Date/Place of Discharge	Private / 9th December 1856 / Chatham Kent England
Campaign Medals	Crimea War Medal with Sebastopol clasp Turkish Crimean Medal
Intended Residence at Discharge	Westmeath Ireland
Pension Districts	1856 Athlone 1862-1908 Western Australia
Pension Paid	9d per diem 1860 Increased to 1/0d per diem 1874 Increased to 1/3d per diem
Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland	6th October 1861 Portland England via Cape of Good Hope
Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia	LINCELLES 28th January 1862
Date/Place of Birth	c1835 Templepatrick Westmeath Ireland
Date/Place of Baptism	Not yet known
Father Date/Place of Birth	KELLY Michael Longford Ireland
Mother Date/Place of Birth Marriage	UNKNOWN Catherine Not yet known
Siblings	Not yet known
1^st Wife Date of Birth or Baptism	FOX Anna 28 June 1829 Templemichael Ardagh Longford (Possible)
Date/Place of Marriage	10th June 1857 Longford Ireland (Possible)
Children by 1^st Wife	Francis B 15th April 1858 Ireland M KELLY Kathleen 1882 Geraldton (D 3 June 1927 Perth WA) M WELLER Harriet 1930 Fremantle WA D 5 January 1934 Subiaco Western Australia Bur Karrakatta RC Cemetery John Jr. B 14th January 1860 Ireland M EARLE Emily 3rd May 1887 Western Australia (D 2nd January 1951) D 30th June 1943 Geraldton Western Australia bur Roman Catholic Section Utakarra Cemetery Geraldton Western Australia Ann Maria B 16th March 1862 Fremantle Western Australia M CRITCH Francis Henry 1883 Geraldton Western Australia D 6 April 1921 Geraldton Western Australia Alicia B 1864 Perth Western Australia M HOULAHAN Thomas 1887 Geraldton Western Australia D 3rd November 1918 Northam Western Australia Michael B 6th January 1867 Geraldton Western Australia M JOHNSON Sara Jane 20th November 1893 Northampton Western Australia D 24 March 1960 Geraldton Western Australia Bur Utakarra Cemetery RC Geraldton WA Catherine B 4th August 1869 Geraldton Western Australia M MARTIN James Newland 18th June 1894 Western Australia D 29 June 1939 Fremantle Western Australia (lived Kelmscott) Esther B 29th July 1871 Geraldton Western Australia M VILLIERS John James 8th December 1917 Broome Western Australia D 28 October 1953 Geraldton Western Australia Bur Utakarra CemeteryRC Geraldton WA
Father of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth	Bernard Fox
Mother of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth Marriage	Rose Doud/Dowd
Land Grants Western Australia	Greenough location G 49 of 20 acres title deed 2228 Greenough Location G48 of 20 acres Victoria District Lot 14 20 acres
Occupation after Arrival	Lighthouse Keeper Bluff Lighthouse Geraldton May 1876-October 1877 Farmer
Newspaper Articles	Geraldton Express Monday 28 October 1912 page 2 Obituary Ann Kelly Kalgoorlie Miner Friday 3rd April 1908 – page 4 – obituary Geraldton Guardian and Express Wednesday 30th June 1943 – page 3 – son
Departure from Western Australia	Not Applicable
Date/Place of Death/Burial	27th March 1908 Geraldton Western Australia East Road Cemetery Geraldton Western Australia
Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife	23rd October 1912 Geraldton Western Australia East Road Cemetery Geraldton Western Australia
Will or Probate	None known
Further Information	Although WO97 doesn’t show overseas service. This man seriously injured in the Crimean War. Medical section of WO97 states “received gunshot wound to mouth and right shoulder 8th September 1855”. Note also attached from Doctor describing extensive injuries. Purchased land Greenough. Useless land swapped for land Front Flats.