McDONALD / McDONNELL – William 88th Regiment

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Kojonup Military Barracks, Barracks Place, Kojonup, Western Australia

Name	McDONALD / McDONNELL – William
Regiment (s)	88th Regiment
Regiment Number (s)	313
Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation	8th April 1825 / 18 years / Dublin Ireland Servant
Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars	5 Ft 7 in Sallow / Blue / Brown / None
Overseas Service/Duration	Ionian Islands – 10 years 10 months
Length of Service	14 years 323 days
Rank/Date/Place of Discharge	Private / 24th February 1840 / Dublin Ireland
Campaign Medals	None
Intended Residence at Discharge	Dublin Ireland
Pension Districts	1840 2nd Dublin 1851 Tilbury Fort 1851-1879 Western Australia
Pension Paid	6d per diem
Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland	13th March 1851 Portland England
Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia	PYRENEES 28th June 1851
Date/Place of Birth	c1807 Doneybrook Dublin Dublin 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	UNKNOWN Mary c1803 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	Kojonup Lot P2 Title 1912 – 10 acres Assigned 20th November 1852 Title Application 1st October 1862
Occupation after Arrival	Farmer
Newspaper Articles	Not yet known
Departure from Western Australia	Not applicable
Date/Place of Death/Burial	25th December 1879 Western Australia Not yet known
Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife	Not yet known. The 1883 death in WA for Mary McDonald was the wife of John NOT William and is buried EPC death notice Trove Bi-Centennial Dictionary said she entered the Poor house 28th May 1886 but this reference not found. The only reference to a wife is in the Dictionary
Will or Probate	None known
Further Information	Discharge due to chronic catarrh and pulmonary disease William McDonald was treated for boils during the voyage of the Pyrenees William McDonnell (sic) 88th Regt was a subscriber to the Pensioners Benevolent fund 6th September 1879 William McDonald sold his Pensioner Grant of ten acres to Henry Larsen for the sum of one hundred pounds 13th October 1879 Lance Corporal Coppin (Kojonup) requested PC Mansfield to visit William McDonald as he was ‘lying in a bad state from soars (sic)’ an order ignored.