MALONEY / MOLONEY – Patrick HEIC Bengal Artillery 2nd Company 5th Brigade

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HEIC – Painting of
Battle of Ferozeshah 1845

Name	Maloney / Moloney – Patrick
Regiment (s)	Honourable East India Company Bengal Artillery 2nd Company 5th Brigade
Regiment Number (s)	585
Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation	1852 /24 years (deduced) / unknown location Shoemaker
Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars	5’ 9” Hazel/Black/Florid complexion
Overseas Service/Duration	HEIC
Length of Service	2 years 8 months
Rank/Date/Place of Discharge	Gunner / Admitted to Pension 2nd August 1854/ Location not stated
Campaign Medals	Not yet known
Intended Residence at Discharge	Not stated
Pension Districts	1854 Clonmel 1855 Dublin 1855 Clonmel 1857 2nd West London 1860 1st East London 1863 Tilbury 1863 1865 Western Australia 1865-1867 South Australia
Pension Paid	9d per diem
Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland	23rd September 1863 Portland Dorset England
Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia	LORD DALHOUSIE 28th December 1863
Date/Place of Birth	1828 Thurles Tipperary 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
1^st Wife Date of Birth or Baptism	UNKNOWN Ann Not yet known
Date/Place of Marriage	Not yet known
Children by 1^st Wife	UNKNOWN daughter
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	Not yet known
Newspaper Articles	Wallaroo Times & Mining Journal (Port Wallaroo, SA; 1865-1881) 13th September 1865 – page 2 Wallaroo Times & Mining Journal Wednesday 14th March 1866 – page 5 Wallaroo Times & Mining Journal Tuesday 3rd November 1866
Departure from Western Australia	September 1865 left per “Harriet Hope” with wife and daughter for South Australia – arrived 11th September 1865
Date/Place of Death/Burial	15th March 1867 Port Wallaroo Daly South Australia 15th March 1867 Wallaroo Cemetery Moonta Road Wallaroo South Australia (Plot 504)
Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife	Not yet known
Will or Probate	None known
Further Information	Discharge due to dislocation of the clavicle received at Rangoon in action Prior to his death Patrick Malony(sic) suffered from ophthalmia A Patrick Maloney married Ann Loader at London in the 1st quarter of 1858. This couple are living at 10 Charing Cross St. Martin’s in the Field in the 1861 census Patrick Maloney age 32 a porter born Ireland Ann Maloney age 24 a servant born Eastbourne Sussex. After the death of Patrick Mrs Maloney applied to the Board of destitution for relief until at least July 1867. She was still receiving aid in June 1868.

EIC Bengal 2^nd Co 5^th Br Artillery