McCALL – John Royal Horse Artillery – Enrolled Pensioner Force WA

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Name	McCALL – John
Regiment (s)	Royal Horse Artillery
Regiment Number (s)	407
Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation	21st Feb 1839 /18 years / Dumfries Scotland Groom
Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars	5 Ft 8 in Fair / Blue / Light / None
Overseas Service/Duration	India (Bengal) – 2 years 7 months
Length of Service	21 years 26 days
Rank/Date/Place of Discharge	Private / 16th Oct 1860 / Woolwich England
Campaign Medals	Indian Mutiny Medal
Intended Residence at Discharge	No record
Pension Districts	1860 Carlisle 1865 Edinburgh 1866- 30 September 1869 Western Australia 1869-1875 Madras
Pension Paid	10d per diem
Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland	7th Apr 1866 Portland Dorset England
Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia	BELGRAVIA 4th Jul 1866
Date/Place of Birth	3rd October 1821 Minnihire (sic) Glencairn Dumfries Scotland
Date/Place of Baptism	Not yet known
Father Date/Place of Birth	McCALL William c1800 / Not yet known
Mother Date/Place of Birth Marriage	SMITH Jessie c 1794 Not yet known
Siblings	Winifred bap 18th April 1824 Glencairn Dumfries Scotland William bap 3rd January 1827 Glencairn Dumfries Scotland Anne bap 16th April 1829 Glencairn Dumfries Scotland Mary bap 30th May 1831 Glencairn Dumfries Scotland Janet bap 22nd November 1833 Glencairn Dumfries Scotland
1^st Wife Date of Birth or Baptism	JANES (nee AHERN or AHERNE) Elizabeth 24 March 1849 bp 30 December 1849 Sind, Bombay (Hydrabad) Wife’s 1st husband is EPG JANES Robert for the convict ship Hougoument – see his profile for list of children
Date/Place of Marriage	6th June 1874 Fremantle Western Australia
Children by 1^st Wife	John Patrick B 1875 Fremantle Western Australia M POWE Mary Ann 1897 Fremantle Western Australia D 16th May 1958 age 83 South Fremantle Western Australia Michael B 1877 Western Australia M ROLINSON Matilda 1904 Fremantle Western Australia D 14th February 1949 Fremantle Western Australia
Father of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth	AHERN Michael EPG 17th & 8th Regiment arrived York 1862
Mother of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth Marriage	Mary Butler B 1832 Poonah, India M26 January 1847, Colaba, Bombay, India
Wife’s 3rd Husband	REED Robert Convict 9552 1879 Fremantle Western Australia
Children by 3rd Husband	REID (sic) Catherine B 1880 Western Australia M O’CONNOR C M BARROW Samuel James 1938 Albany Western Australia D 1958 Albany Western Australia REED Mary Ann B 1882 Fremantle Western Australia REED Martha B 1883 Jarrahdale Western Australia M HUXTABLE Roger Turpie 1902 Fremantle Western Australia D 19th October 1954 Mosman Park Western Australia REED Arthur Alick B 1885 Jarrahdale Western Australia D 23rd August 1919 Holyoake Western Australia REED Robert B 1887 Jarrahdale Western Australia D 1887 Jarrahdale Western Australia
Land Grants Western Australia	None
Occupation after Arrival	Not yet known
Newspaper Articles	The Herald Sat 27 Mar 1869, Page 3 FREMANTLE POLICE COURT.John McCall, pensioner, was charged with drunkenness and fined 5/- The Perth Gazette and West Australian Times friday 6th August 1869 page 2 Departure of the Thames
Departure from Western Australia	Not applicable
Date/Place of Death/Burial	D 19th December 1876 Fremantle Western Australia
Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife	7th October 1887 Fremantle Western Australia Bur Skinner Street Anglican Cemetery Fremantle Western Australia
Will or Probate	SROWA Cons 3458/1887/141 Letter of Administration dated 23rd May 1887 signed by REED Elizabeth the lawful wife and relict of JANES Robert died intestate
Further Information	1861 Muster & Pay List or Census Ayr Street, Glencairn, Dumfriesshire, Scotland [LDS Film 103820] The death notice for Arthur Alexander Reed mentions his sisters Mrs Huxtable and Mrs O’Connor while that of Michael McCall mentions his step sister Mrs Barrow of Albany.