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McCARTHY – Carthage 40th Regiment, St Helena Corps and 84th Regiment

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40th Somersetshire Regiment
84th Regiment York and Lancaster
Inquest West Australian 6 April 1886
NameMcCARTHY – Carthage
Regiment (s)40th Regiment, St Helena Corps and 84th Regiment
Regiment No (s) 667 /521
Date/Age/Place/Trade or
Profession at Attestation
40th Unknown circa 1847
84th – 4th May 1858 / 31 years 3 months / Rochester Kent England
Clerk
Description – Height
Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars
5 Ft 7¾ in
Fresh / Blue / Brown / None
Overseas Service/DurationSt Helena – 7 years 7 months
Length of Service21 years 256 days, (12 years 187 days was with the 40th and St. Helena regiments).
Rank/Date/Place of Discharge84th – Corporal / 16th Jul 1867 / Camp Colchester Essex England
Campaign MedalsNone
Intended Residence at
Discharge
Retreat Place Hackney London England
Pension Districts1867 ? London
Pension Paid11½d per diem
1867 Increased to 1/1d per diem
1875 Increased to 1/1½d per diem for service Enrolled Pensioner Force
Date of Departure and Place
England or Ireland
12th October 1867 Portland England
Ship and Date of Arrival
Western Australia
HOUGOUMONT 9th January 1868
Date/Place of Birthc1827 Kerry Ireland
Date/Place of BaptismNot yet known
Father
Date/Place of Birth
Not yet known
Mother
Date/Place of Birth
Marriage
Not yet known
SiblingsNot yet known
1st Wife
Date of Birth or Baptism
Not Married
Date/Place of Marriage
Children by 1st Wife
Land Grants Western
Australia
None
Occupation after
Arrival
Teamster.
Worked for HM Lefroy at Beaconsfield WA
Newspaper ArticlesThe West Australian Wednesday 7th April 1886 – page 3
Western Mail Saturday 10th April 1886 – page 22
Departure from Western
Australia
Not Applicable
Date/Place of Death/Burial1st April 1886
Drowned in Swan River
Date/Place of Death/Burial –
Wife
 Not Applicable
Date/Place of Death/Burial –
Children
Will or ProbateNone Located
Further InformationBtitish Army, Worldwide Index:
1851 Carthage McCarthy 667 Corporal, St. Helena regiment location St. Helena.
1861 Carthage McCarthy 521 Corporal 84th Foot location Manchester and Aldershot.
Discharge: Free with pension after 21 years’ service
Between 1869 and 1886 Carthage McCarthy had periods of insanity where he would wander into the bush for days at a time. The Police would send out search parties then detain him under medical treatment before sending him to the asylum and then release him back into the community.
At the time of his death Carthage was in the employ of a Mr Lovegrove. The day before his death he took a horse and cart to Point Walter and filled the troughs with water after which he was not seen alive; his body was retrieved from the river several days later.