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| Name | LEARY / O’LEARY – Daniel |
|---|---|
| Regiment (s) | 48th and 57th Regiment |
| Regiment Number (s) | 1358 – 48th Regiment 3165 – 57th Regiment |
| Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation | 7th June 1837 / 19 years / Salford Lancashire England Weaver |
| Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars | 5 Ft 8 in Fresh / Grey / Light Brown / None |
| Overseas Service/Duration | Gibraltar – upwards of 5 years Corfu – 1 year 7 months West Indies – upwards of 3 years Expeditionary Army in the East (Crimea) – 7 months |
| Length of Service | 13 years 194 days – forfeited by felony 4 years 129 days |
| Rank/Date/Place of Discharge | Private / 31st July 1855 / Chatham England |
| Campaign Medals | Crimea War Medal Crimean Turkish Medal |
| Intended Residence at Discharge | Not yet known |
| Pension Districts | 1855 2nd Manchester 1856 Sheffield 1862 Tilbury 1862-1865 Western Australia 1865-1870 South Australia 1871-1888 Western Australia |
| Pension Paid | 9d per diem 1881 Increased to 1/1½d per diem service in the Enrolled Force Western Australia |
| Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland | 8th October 1862 Portland England |
| Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia | YORK 31st December 1862 |
| Date/Place of Birth | 1819 St. Barry’s Cork Ireland (Actual name St. Finbarr’s South, St Barry’s was a name used locally ie St Pat’s for St Patricks) |
| 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 | Catherine B 1834 Queenstown Cobh Ireland D South Australia |
| 1st Wife Date of Birth or Baptism | O’KEEFE Mary nee RUSSELL B 1832 (deduced) Bp 7 January 1833 St Michael’s Limerick, Ireland |
| Date/Place of Marriage | 15th August 1872 Not yet known |
| Children by 1st Wife | Not yet known |
| Father of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth | RUSSELL David Not yet known |
| Mother of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth Marriage | MANAHAN Margaret Not yet known 7th February 1831 at St. Michael’s Limerick Ireland |
| 1st Husband of Wife | O’KEEFE Michael 1858 – 37th Regiment arrived “Sultana” 1859 D 16th July 1871 Western Australia |
| Date/Place of Marriage | 11th January 1858 St. Mary’s Limerick City Limerick Ireland |
| Children by 1st Husband | Not yet known |
| Land Grants Western Australia | Perth lot 31H corner of Havelock and Hay Streets, Perth 0 acres 2 roods 30 perches – granted 20th Jun 1883 |
| Occupation after Arrival | Daniel Leary was employed as a sentry at the Exhibition building in Perth 7 November 1881. 1888 Boarding house keeper in Goderich Street Perth |
| Newspaper Articles | Perth Gazette and WA Times – Friday 25th August 1865 – page 2 – Daniel to Adelaide The Herald Saturday 7th January 1871 – page 2 – Leary arrives Fremantle Inquirer and Commercial News Wednesday 4th March 1885 – page 2 – sale of furniture Leary Inquirer and Commercial News Wednesday 9th May 1888 – page 3 – Funeral Daniel O’Leary |
| Departure from Western Australia | 25th August 1865 – Daniel to Adelaide on the “Harriet Hope”. Pension was paid in South Australia from December 1865. 7th January 1871 returns from Adelaide on the “Emily Smith” |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial | 9th May 1888 Perth Western Australia East Perth Cemeteries Western Australia Registered as O’LEARY David |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife | 11th April 1898 Perth Barracks Western Australia Roman Catholic Section East Perth Cemeteries Western Australia |
| Will or Probate | None known |
| Further Information | 1841 British Army World Wide Index shows Daniel with the 48th at Gibraltar 1851 British Army World Wide Index shows Daniel with the 48th at Weedon Discharge: Left hand disabled by a gun- shot wound of forearm near wrist. Wound received at Inkermann. 1851 UK Census Weedon, Northamptonshire Daniel Leary, Soldier, unmarried, 33, Private, Infantry, Army, born Barrys Cork 1861 UK Census (RG 09/3495/64/3 27): Court 27th Marcus Street, Brightside Bierton, Sheffield Daniel Leary, Head, 41, Marital status not given, Labourer, born Queenstown, Ireland. Catherine Predary, sister, widow, 27, born Queenstown, Ireland Eleanor Johnstone, adopted child, 2 months, born Sheffield, Yorkshire, England. Catherine Predary and her daughter came to Western Australia with Daniel. She married EPG William RAWSON 19th Regiment who arrived on “Merchantman” 1863 and moved to South Australia In 1880 David (Daniel) Leary was living in the Mt. Eliza barracks with one son and 3 daughters. These children may have been the children of his wife Mary Russell and her first husband EPG Michael O’KEEFE 37th Regiment who arrived “Sultana” 1859 |