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EPF Disbanded 1887 EPG Gazette October 2011
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| Name | McGRATH – Bernard |
|---|---|
| Regiment (s) | Honourable East India Company 2nd Bombay European Light Infantry and 106th Regiment |
| Regiment Number (s) | 2020 |
| Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation | HEIC 23rd May 1849 / 20 years 7 months / Dublin Dublin Ireland 106th – 24th May 1861 / Unknown Labourer |
| Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars | 5 Ft 8¼ in Fresh / Grey / Brown / |
| Overseas Service/Duration | East Indies 13 years |
| Length of Service | HEIC – 14 years 106th – 2 years 4 days |
| Rank/Date/Place of Discharge | HEIC – 23rd May 1861 / Not yet known 106th – Private / 26th May 1863 / Royal Victoria Hospital Netley England |
| Campaign Medals | Medal for Persian Expedition 1856-1857 |
| Intended Residence at Discharge | Powers Court Wicklow Ireland |
| Pension Districts | 1863 2nd Dublin 1865 Tilbury 1865-1908 Western Australia |
| Pension Paid | 9d per diem 1887 Increased to 1/0½d per diem for service Enrolled Force |
| Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland | 26th May 1865 Portland England |
| Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia | RACEHORSE 10th August 1865 |
| Date/Place of Birth | c1828 Powers Court Enniskerry Wicklow Ireland |
| Date/Place of Baptism | Not yet known |
| Father Date/Place of Birth | McGRATH Edward |
| Mother Date/Place of Birth Marriage | SHANNON Mary |
| Siblings | Not yet known |
| 1st Wife Date of Birth or Baptism | COLLEGE Anne Widow of James College (Merchantman 1863) Formerly Burk nee Lapple B1829 Ireland |
| Date/Place of Marriage | 26th June 1871 Fremantle Western Australia |
| Children by 1st Wife | Not yet known |
| Father of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth | LAPPLE James |
| Mother of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth Marriage | Not yet known |
| Land Grants Western Australia | Cockburn Sound Lot 3 Lake Munster (Coogee) 20 acres Assigned 14 June 1881 Title Application 19 December 1882 Title Deed 5/164 |
| Occupation after Arrival | 1881 Lighthouse Keeper Arthur’s Head Fremantle Private Enrolled Force from 24 September 1881 to 31 March 1887 |
| Newspaper Articles | Perth Gazette 29 December 1871 page 2 Assault by Bernard Western Australian Times 6 February 1877 page 2 Death of Ann Western Australian Times 9 February 1877 page 2 Inquest into Ann’s death The Herald Saturday 10 February 1877 page 3 |
| Departure from Western Australia | Not applicable |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial | 23rd March 1908 Fremantle Western Australia Roman Catholic Section Fremantle Cemetery Western Australia |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife | 30 January 1877 Fremantle Western Australia Not yet known |
| Will or Probate | None known |
| Further Information | British Army, Worldwide Index 1861 Bernard McGrath 2020 106th Bombay Light Infantry location Neemuch Discharge: Due to varicose veins in the right leg and a constitution broken down by long service in the tropics. Mentioned in Surgeon’s Log Sunday 9th July 1865 as having struck the 3rd Officer Mr. Prowse. Placed under arrest and ordered bread and water for 7 days. Mentioned again Wednesday 12th July 1865 as being released due extenuating circumstances with the case. On Tuesday 26th December 1871 Bernard McGrath was charged with a violent assault on his wife Ann by hitting her over the head with a stick. Ann was too sick to attend the court and it was adjourned for 8 days. There is no newspaper follow up to this. Ann appears to have left him after this as she was living with a man called William Bayliss as husband and wife at Banjup at the time of her death. He was charged on 2nd February 1877 with manslaughter. The inquest into her death found “her health was so precarious as to render her liable on the slightest excitement or shock, to death, and that her death was accelerated by the violent usage she received from William Bayliss, and find him guilty of manslaughter.” Bernard McGrath was on the Nominal list for the Enrolled Force in 1881. He is recorded as having a medal for Persia but was not in possession of a house or land. He was appointed to the Force on 27th September 1881 and served to when it was disbanded 31st March 1887. |