MURPHY – Jeremiah 40th Regiment – Enrolled Pensioner Force WA

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Name	MURPHY – Jeremiah
Regiment (s)	40th Regiment
Regiment Number (s)	3036
Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation	2nd March 1852 / 18 years / Cork Ireland Labourer
Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars	5 Ft 8½ in Fresh / Hazel / Brown / Gun-shot wound in left arm
Overseas Service/Duration	Australia and New Zealand – 8 years 7 months
Length of Service	9 years 109 days
Rank/Date/Place of Discharge	Private / 18th June 1861 / Chatham Kent England
Campaign Medals	New Zealand 2nd Maori War Medal
Intended Residence at Discharge	Middleton (sic) Cork Ireland
Pension Districts	1861 – 1862 2nd Cork 1863 – 1865 1st East London 1866 – 1875 Western Australia
Pension Paid	8d per diem
Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland	7th April 1866 Portland Dorset England
Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia	BELGRAVIA 4th July 1866
Date/Place of Birth	24th January 1835 Middleton Cork Ireland (Civil Service Evidence of Age)
Date/Place of Baptism	Not yet known
Father Date/Place of Birth	MURPHY Michael (a labourer) 1808 Ireland
Mother Date/Place of Birth Marriage	KEEFE Ellen 1813 Ireland 1832 Not yet known
Siblings	Not yet known
1^st Wife Date of Birth or Baptism	ATTRIDGE Jane 1844
Date/Place of Marriage	December 3 1862 St Phillips Church Bethnal Green
Children by 1^st Wife	John Bernard (possible child mentioned on Belgravia passenger list) B England – (1) John Murphy mentioned in brother Alexander’s funeral notice and (2) John Bernard, Alexander Joseph and Ellen Murphy live Marine Terrace Geraldton 1906 D 7 March 1939 West Leederville, Western Australia Ellen (possible child mentioned on Belgravia passenger list) B England – possibly Ellen mentioned above w John Bernard Stillborn female B 1868 Fremantle Western Australia D 1868 Fremantle Western Australia Michael B 25th June 1869 Fremantle Western Australia D 1904 Fremantle Western Australia Alexander Joseph B 12th April 1873 Fremantle Western Australia D 28th September 1936 Perth Western Australia bur Roman Catholic Section Karrakatta Cemetery Western Australia Catherine B 27th June 1874 Fremantle Western Australia M SMITH Frederick 1896 Geraldton, Western Australia D 21 August 1938 West Leederville, Western Australia Bur Roman Catholic Section Karrakatta Cemetery Western Australia Jane B 1876 Gwalia Western Australia M1 COLLINS John 1899 Geraldton Western Australia M2 GRIFFIN John W. 1908 Geraldton Western Australia D 13th October 1962 Subiaco Perth Western Australia bur Roman Catholic Section Karrakatta Cemetery Western Australia James William B 5th April 1880 Northampton Western Australia bap St Mary’s Northampton M YEATES Elizabeth Ellen 1916 Kellerberrin, Western Australia D 15 December 1939 Mundaring Western Australia bur Karrakatta Cemetery, Western Australia Philip Edmund B 17th December 1882 bap St Mary’s Northampton, Western Australia d 3 November 1917, Belgium WW1 Service Number – 3085 , next of kin – (Sister) SMITH F A Thomas Aloysius 8th February 1885 Wanerenooka Western Australia bap St Mary’s Northampton M JACOB Clara Emma 1911, Geraldton Western Australia d 10 June 1917, Belgium WW1 Service Number 540 next of kin (Wife) MURPHY Clara Emma Margaret Irene B 1888 Wanerenooka Western Australia M1 WILLIS William H 1911 Geraldton Western Australia M2 MCMAHON Terrence J 1932 Perth Western Australia D 2 April 1972 Carlisle Western Australia bur Karrakatta Cemetery
Father of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth	ATTRIDGE Michael (a labourer)
Mother of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth Marriage	Not yet known
Land Grants Western Australia	None
Occupation after Arrival	Assistant Warder 1867-1872 Miner (at Wanerenooka and Cue/Day Dawn)
Newspaper Articles	The Murchison Times and Day Dawn Gazette Thu 21 Jan 1904, Page 2, General News, death of Michael Murphy – mentions parents The Geraldton Express and Murchison and Yalgo Goldfields Chronicler Fri 23 Oct 1903 Page 5 Obituary for Jeremiah Murphy Geraldton Guardian Sat 10 Feb 1912, Page 2 – Death of Jane Murphy – mentions nine sons and daughters living The Geraldton Express Wed 4 Jul 1917 Page 2 Personal – Death of Thomas Murphy, refers to father Jeremiah The West Australian Wed 13 Nov 1918 Page 1 Family Notices In Memorial to our brother Phil from Brother and Sister “Jim and Nell” The W.A. Record Sat 14 Oct 1916 Page 11, Kellerberrin – Marriage of James William – mentions Jeremiah The West Australian Tue 29 Sep 1936 Page 1 Family Notices Death of Alexander J Murphy loved brother of John, Kate, Jane, Irene and James The West Australian Thu 25 Aug 1938 Page 1 Family Notices – Death of Catherine Smith, mentions siblings
Departure from Western Australia	Not applicable
Date/Place of Death/Burial	6th October 1903 Western Australia Roman Catholic Section Cue and Day Dawn Cemetery Western Australia
Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife	10th February 1912 Geraldton Western Australia Urch Street Cemetery now Apex Park Geraldton Western Australia
Will or Probate	None known
Further Information	1861 Muster & Pay List or Census Chatham Invalid Depot [WO12-12368] 1861 Discharge notes from 40th Regiment: Present disability is the direct result of military service and has not been aggravated by vice or intemperance. Two months after his arrival in New Zealand he was wounded in action with the rebel natives at the Waitara on the 27th June 1860. The ball entered outer surface of left arm a short distance below the shoulder joint and appeared to take its direction in front of the arm among the muscles of the neck, its further course could not be traced. This patient suffered severely from the wound and was for some time in a very precarious state he however made a slow and gradual recovery and is now invalided from inability to use the arm. 1872 dismissed as Assistant Warder for sleeping three times whilst on duty 1873 Convicted of desertion from Enrolled Pensioner Force – Imprisoned for 84 days and pension suspended for this period.