McCAFFREY / McCAFFRY – Bernard 50th Regiment

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Name	McCAFFREY / McCAFFRY – Bernard
Regiment (s)	50th Regiment
Regiment Number (s)	914
Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation	27th December 1831 / 18 years / Enniskillen Fermanagh Ireland Labourer
Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars	6 Ft 0 in Dark / Grey / Dark / Gunshot wound to finger of right hand
Overseas Service/Duration	New South Wales – 7 years 64 days East Indies – 5 years 144 days
Length of Service	15 years 76 days
Rank/Date/Place of Discharge	Private / 22th June 1847 / Chatham Kent England
Campaign Medals	Gwalior Campaign Star 1843 Sutlej Campaign Medal 1845-6
Intended Residence at Discharge	Enniskillen Fermanagh Ireland
Pension Districts	1847 Enniskillen 1849 Manchester 2nd 1849 Enniskillen 1855 Plymouth 1856-1874 Western Australia
Pension Paid	7d per diem
Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland	5th January 1856 Plymouth Devon England
Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia	WILLIAM HAMMOND 29th March 1856
Date/Place of Birth	1813 Derravolend Limerick Fermanagh 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	COWAN (CURRAN) Ann B c1835
Date/Place of Marriage	Not yet known
Children by 1^st Wife	Rebecca B 1854 M WHALES William George 1892 D December 1902 Cunderdin Western Australia James B 1858 Fremantle Western Australia M McManus Margaret 28 April 1881 Perth WA D 26 January 1886 Adelaide South Australia Sarah Mary Ann bap 13th July 1861 (RC) Fremantle Born Manchester 1850 M BENSON Michael James 24th February 1886 Perth WA D 30 July 1934 Mt Lawley Western Australia Bur Karrakatta Cemetery WA Thomas B 1867 Perth Western Australia D 1868 aged 9 months Perth Western Australia
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	Shoemaker
Newspaper Articles	The Perth Gazette and Independent Journal of Politics and News Friday 13th September 1861 The Perth Gazette and Independent Journal of Politics and News Friday 3rd October 1862 Imprisoned for 4 months without hard labour for assault The Perth Gazette and Independent journal of politics and News 6 July 1866 page 2- 3 Bernard and Ann are witnesses at the murder trial of Mary Sheridan their neighbour The Express Monday 18th April 1870 page 3 Bernard McCaffry Letter to the Editor The Perth Gazette and West Australian Times Friday 29th December 1871 page 2 Assault on wife Ann The West Australian Saturday 4 August 1934 page 10 Obit Mary Ann Benson
Departure from Western Australia	Not applicable
Date/Place of Death/Burial	8th December 1874 Fremantle Western Australia Fremantle Cemetery
Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife	1885 Western Australia Unknown burial
Will or Probate	None known
Further Information	British Army Worldwide Index 1841 Bernard McCaffry (sic) 914 50th Regt Private Location at sea Calcutta Present at the action of Punniar 29 December 1843 and Moodkie Discharge due to shot wound to a finger of the right hand previous to the march of the army from Moodkee to Ferozeshah On 8th October 1846 Bernard McCaffry was found Not Guilty of having maimed himself by firing his musket whereby he lost the use of his right forefinger. Bernard McCaffrey received treatment for a furunculus (abcess) on board the William Hammond Sundry charges for theft, drunkenness and assault for Bernard and Ann for drunkenness. Bernard’s pension was suspended while in prison for larceny 1863. In 1870 Bernard wrote a letter to the Editor protesting about the unjust attitude of the police towards pensioners. 23rd July 1884 Ann McCAFFREY (widow of Bernard) applied for poor relief In the obituary for his son James it said Bernard claimed to have been born on the Plains of Waterloo in June 1815 which although our records say he was born at Derravoland Fermanagh it does suggest he was the son of a soldier.