MANNING – John 39th Regiment – Enrolled Pensioner Force WA

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Name	MANNING – John
Regiment (s)	39th Regiment
Regiment Number (s)	451
Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation	17th August 1825 / 18 years / Cork Ireland Shoemaker
Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars	5 Ft 7½ in Dark / Grey / Dark Brown / None
Overseas Service/Duration	New South Wales – 5 years East Indies – 13 years 70 days (calculated)
Length of Service	21 years 309 days
Rank/Date/Place of Discharge	Corporal / 26th June 1846 / Chatham Kent England
Campaign Medals	Possible Gwalior Star for Maharajpoor
Intended Residence at Discharge	East Grinstead Sussex
Pension Districts	1846 Brighton 1846 1st Cork 1853-1856 West Australia 1856 Melbourne
Pension Paid	1/1½d per diem
Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland	June 2 1853 Kingstown, Dublin, Ireland
Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia	PHOEBE DUNBAR 30th August 1853
Date/Place of Birth	c1807 St Anne Shandon Cork Ireland
Date/Place of Baptism	Not yet known
Father Date/Place of Birth	MANNING John Not yet known
Mother Date/Place of Birth Marriage	SMITH Catherine Not yet known Not yet known
Siblings	Not yet known
1^st Wife Date of Birth or Baptism	HOLLAND Frances (Widow) nee BAILEY B Not yet known
Date/Place of Marriage	1st November 1838 St Marks Bangalore Madras India
Children by 1^st Wife	John B c 24th June 1841 Kamptee Madras India D 29th June 1841 Kamptee Madras India Catherine B 10th July 1842 India bap 29th September 1842 Agra Bengal India D 25th June 1843 Agra Bengal India
Father of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth	Not yet known
Mother of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth Marriage	Not yet known
2nd Wife	HOMAN Margaret B c 1835 Dublin Ireland
Date/Place of Marriage	18th September 1851 Cork Ireland
Children by 2^nd Wife	John B 1854 Fremantle Western Australia D 1855 Melbourne Victoria Ann Margaret B 1855 Western Australia D 1860 Melbourne Victoria Mary Jane B 18th September 1857 Melbourne Victoria bap 9th October 1857 St Peter’s Eastern Hill Melbourne Victoria D 1860 Melbourne Victoria Margaret B 1859 Melbourne Victoria D 1860 Melbourne Victoria
Land Grants Western Australia	None
Occupation after Arrival	Not yet known
Newspaper Articles	Inquirer and Commercial News Perth 7th November 1855 – page 2 Adelaide Times 14th November 1855 – page 2
Departure from Western Australia	1st November 1855 Departed with wife and 3 children for South Australia per “Vivid”
Date/Place of Death/Burial	31st January 1875 Melbourne Victoria Not yet known
Date/Place of Death/Burial 1st Wife	Not yet known
Date/Place of Death/Burial 2nd Wife	1859 Melbourne Victoria Not yet known
Will or Probate	None known
Further Information	Frances Bailey’s first marriage at Madras in 1836/7 was to Thomas Holland (B c1804) a soldier of the 39th Regiment, Thomas died 13th April 1838 (Good Friday) at Bangalore India, the following year she married John Manning also a soldier of the 39th regiment as was the custom at the time. Frances died before John embarked on the Phoebe Dunbar in 1853. John saw service at Zorapore (Kurnool) 18th October 1839 and at Maharajpore 29 December 1843 British Army Worldwide Index: 1841 John Manning 451 Sergeant 39th location Kamptee Discharge: Due to rheumatism and being worn out. John Manning 39th Foot @ 1/1 ½ joined the Phoebe Dunbar at Kingston Harbour (Dublin) AJCP CO18 Reel 460 piece 77 page 272 John Manning was treated for a fever on board the Phoebe Dunbar September 16th 1853