LOCKE – William Reuben 6th and 57th Regiment

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Name	LOCKE – William Reuben
Regiment (s)	6th and 57th Regiment
Regiment Number (s)	2188 / 2307
Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation	21st April 1845 / 19 years 6 months / Dublin Dublin Ireland Labourer
Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars	5 Ft 8½ in Fair / Hazel / Light Brown / None
Overseas Service/Duration	North America – 2 years 1 month Ionian Islands – 1 year 6 months Crimea – 1 year 8 months Malta – 1 month
Length of Service	11 years 256 days
Rank/Date/Place of Discharge	Sergeant / 3rd March 1857 / Fermoy Barracks Ireland
Campaign Medals	Crimea clasp Balaclava Crimea Turkish
Intended Residence at Discharge	Wexford Ireland
Pension Districts	1857 2nd Dublin 1857 Clonmel 1857 Athlone 1861 2nd Portsmouth 1863 Athlone 1865 Tilbury 1865-1874 Western Australia
Pension Paid	1/3d per diem
Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland	26th May 1865 Portland England
Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia	RACEHORSE 10th August 1865
Date/Place of Birth	22nd November/December 1825 St. Mary Enniscorthy Wexford Ireland
Date/Place of Baptism	Not yet known
Father Date/Place of Birth	LOCKE James
Mother Date/Place of Birth Marriage	Not yet known
Siblings	Not yet known
1^st Wife Date of Birth or Baptism	ARDILL or ARDRILL Hannah or Anna 1830 (deduced) Ireland
Date/Place of Marriage	15 May 1860 Ferbane Parsonstown Ireland
Children by 1^st Wife	William R B 1861 Aldershot, Hampshire England George Locke B c1861 Aldershot, Hampshire England D 6 July 1911 Fremantle WA (see further information) Robert B 1863 Farnborough, Hampshire England D Age 2 ½ years 1865 Fremantle Western Australia Bur 8th December 1865 Skinner Street Cemetery Fremantle Western Australia (Anglican) Ada Matilda b 17 October 1864 Ferbane (Gallen) Kings County Ireland D 1866 Fremantle WA Bur 6th October 1866 Skinner Street Cemetery Fremantle Western Australia (Anglican) William Reuben B 1866 Fremantle Western Australia D 12th December 1927 South Fremantle Western Australia bur Anglican Section Fremantle Cemetery Western Australia Patrick Jacob B 1870 Fremantle Western Australia M Sophie D 25 May 1949 Sunset Hospital Perth WA Arthur B 1874 Fremantle Western Australia D 1875 Fremantle Western Australia Bur 6th March 1875 Skinner Street Cemetery Fremantle Western Australia (Anglican) Alfred John B c1867 Western Australia D 16th July 1916 Fremantle Western Australia bur Congregational Section Fremantle Western Australia Jacob Patrick B 1870 Fremantle Western Australia M BUTLER Sophie D 24th May 1949 Nedlands Western Australia Ashes scattered Karrakatta Cemetery
Father of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth	ARDILL George
Mother of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth Marriage	LEDGER
Land Grants Western Australia	None
Occupation after Arrival	Not yet known
Newspaper Articles	London Gazette 3rd April 1855 Casualties -Missing The Daily News Perth Thursday 20th July 1916 – page 7 Obituary Alfred The West Australian Saturday 15 July 1911 page 1 death of Anna Locke The West Australian Saturday 15 July 1911 page 1 Death of George Locke Western Mail Saturday 15 July 1911 page 34 Obituary George Locke West Australian 20 July 1911 page 10 Obituary Anna Locke The West Australian Wednesday 25 May 1949 death of Jacob Locke The West Australian Tuesday 13 December 1927 page 7 death of son William Reuben Locke The West Australian Wednesday 25th May 1949 page 1 Death notice Jacob
Departure from Western Australia	Not applicable
Date/Place of Death/Burial	24th July 1874 Fremantle Western Australia Not yet known
Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife	14th July 1911 Fremantle Western Australia Congregational Section Fremantle Cemetery Western Australia
Will or Probate	None known
Further Information	British Army, Worldwide Index 1851 Location Dublin Discharge: Unfit for service due to pulmonary consumption the result of wounds and exposure while on active service in the Crimea and while a prisoner in Russia. Received violent blows on the chest with the butt end of a musket on the 22 March 1855 during a sortie made by the enemy at Sebastopol. Suffered consequently from acute pneumonia which terminated in tubercular deposit in the lungs. This disease must materially interfere with his earning a livelihood. In the 1861 Census William R Locke is a warder at the Divisional Military Prison North Camp Aldershot. His wife Anna is age 34 born Ireland while son William is 2 months of age and was born Aldershot Hampshire,and is listed as William R however George Locke said he was born in 1861 at Aldershot so it looks like it is the same child – could be an enumerator’s error. Prior to being employed as a warder at Aldershot William had to sign a declaration as to his age and place of birth as he was unable to locate a birth certificate. On 25th October 1869 William Reuben Locke applied to purchased Fremantle Suburban Lot 28 of 5 acres at £5 per acre.