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| Name | MALONE – Edward/Edmund |
|---|---|
| Regiment (s) | 88th Regiment |
| Regiment Number (s) | 1831 |
| Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation | 29th April 1844 / 17 years / Ennis Clare Ireland Labourer |
| Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars | 5 Ft 8 in Fresh / Grey / Light Brown / None |
| Overseas Service/Duration | West Indies – 1 year 11 months North America – 1 year 1 months Crimea – embarked with Service Company April 1854 |
| Length of Service | 10 years 182 days |
| Rank/Date/Place of Discharge | Private / 11th December 1855 / Chatham Kent England |
| Campaign Medals | Crimean Medal Crimean Turkish Medal |
| Intended Residence at Discharge | Sligo Ireland |
| Pension Districts | 1856 Sligo 1857 1st Liverpool 1858-1860 Western Australia April 1860 – South Australia |
| Pension Paid | 8d per diem 1884 Increased to 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 | c1827 Kilkevin Nock Clare 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 | GARDINER/GARDNER Margaret c1834 (deduced) Ireland |
| Date/Place of Marriage | Not yet known |
| Children by 1st Wife | James B 1852 Isle of Wight England M BIGNALL Mary Ann 15 October 1875 at the residence of Mr Wasley Port Adelaide SA D 7 August 1892 age 40 Port Adelaide Sarah Jane born 1855 ?England M ABERG Edward 14 March 1874 Manse Port Adelaide South Australia D 11 October 1886 Adelaide hospital age 32 Edward Charles B 1857 England M PILLAR Mary Janes 23 July 1900 Clare South Australia D 13 July 1940 age 83 Rose Park Norwood South Australia Bridget Ann B 1856 England M LUMBERT Peter 8 January 1873 Port Adelaide M HEGGIE Robert 24 July 1877 Manse Port Adelaide Mary Honora B 5 August 1859 Fremantle WA M HOLMES Peter Victor 22 May 1875 Manse Port Adelaide South Australia D Poss 25 February 1937 Wayville South Australia Michael B 26 September 1861 Port Adelaide South Australia D 11 May 1905 age 43 William John B 5 August 1863 Port Adelaide South Australia Rebecca B 6 October 1865 Port Lincoln South Australia Margaret B 11 October 1867 Port Lincoln South Australia D 13 October 1913 Adelaide South Australia Bur West Terrace We seem to have one too many children as only 4 came on the Waitamata as they did not go into obituaries and are difficult to work out |
| Father of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth | Not yet known |
| Mother of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth Marriage | Not yet known |
| Land Grants Western Australia | None |
| Occupation after Arrival | Bushman (Hospital admission) |
| Newspaper Articles | Perth Gazette and Independent Journal Friday 30 March 1860 page 2 Passenger list South Australian Register Wednesday 18 April 1860 page 2 Passengers list |
| Departure from Western Australia | 1860 to South Australia (arrived 17th April) per Waitemata with wife and 4 children |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial | 16 October 1888 Bowden South Australia residence Port Adelaide (Edmunds Malone) born 1826 |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife | 3 March 1903 Adelaide South Australia (widow –informant Edmund Malone) age 69 |
| Will or Probate | None known |
| Further Information | Discharge due to wound to fingers and palm of left hand due to a piece of shell while employed on a working party 12 July. Still receiving pension 1885: possibly death in South Australia British Army Worldwide Index 1851 1831 Edward Malone Location Halifax Nova Scotia On 31 July 1888 Edward Malone was admitted to the Royal Adelaide Hospital. At the time he was aged 68, married, Church of England, living at Port Adelaide, his occupation bushman, be had been born in Ireland and was 30 years in the Colony and arrived on the Watamata (sic) Margaret Malone was also admitted to the hospital on 9 July 1898 age 65. By this time she was a widow living Port Adelaide and had been born in Ireland, she said she arrived in the colony on the Lord Raglan Son James also admitted to the hospital on 9 March 1891 age 39 a married man. He was RC and living at Port Adelaide, he had been born on the Isle of Wight in 1852, had been 30 years in the Colony and had arrived on the Waitemata. The children’s’ father’s name varied between Edmund and Edward while the mother was either Gardner or Gardiner |