MURPHY – John 22nd Regiment – Enrolled Pensioner Force WA

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Name	MURPHY – John
Regiment (s)	22nd Regiment
Regiment Number (s)	757
Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation	31st December 1832 / 18 years / Banagher Kings Ireland Labourer
Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars	5 Ft 8 in Sallow / Grey / Dark Brown / None
Overseas Service/Duration	East Indies – 8 years 343 days
Length of Service	19 years 176 days
Rank/Date/Place of Discharge	Private / 22nd June 1852 / Chatham Kent England
Campaign Medals	None
Intended Residence at Discharge	Liverpool England
Pension Districts	1854 2nd Plymouth 1854 3rd Plymouth 1855-1857 Western Australia 1857-1858 South Australia
Pension Paid	10d per diem
Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland	5th February 1855 Plymouth England via Cape of Good Hope
Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia	STAG 23rd May 1855
Date/Place of Birth	1814 Gillion near Cloughlin Kings Ireland (also spelt Gallen near Cloghan)
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 Susan Not yet known
Date/Place of Marriage	Not yet known
Children by 1^st Wife	Not yet known
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	Perth Gazette and Independent Journal of News and Politics Friday 25 July 1856- page 3 (Trial of Captain Foss) Perth Gazette Friday 8 August 1856 – page 4 Inquirer and Commercial News Wednesday 11 March 1857 – page 2
Departure from Western Australia	11th March 1857 per “C. W. Bradley” a John MURPHY to South Australia.
Date/Place of Death/Burial	2nd October 1858 Reedy Creek South Australia Not yet known
Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife	Not yet known
Will or Probate	None known
Further Information	British Army Worldwide index 1841 John Murphy, 757,22nd Foot, Location: At sea camp near Poona, India WO12/3903 1851 As Above, Location Dagshai, India WO12/3912Discharge due to Chronic Hepatitis – liver considerably enlarged. AJCP reel 466/87 part 2 Folio 233 Proceedings of a Court of Inquiry into complaints by the wives of the Pensioner Guard on the Stag into the conduct of the Super Intendent Surgeon Caldwell. Mrs Mash, Mrs Murphy, and Mrs Weir wives of the Enrolled pensioners were under medical treatment for symptoms that he thought exceedingly strange for married women. Susan Murphy, wife of John Murphy, submitted through fear of punishment – by which she meant being put into the ‘Black Box’ or kept down below. John MURPHY handed £17 to Captain FOSS for safe handling.