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| Name | O’CONNOR – John |
|---|---|
| Regiment (s) | 4th Dragoon Guards |
| Regiment Number (s) | 873 |
| Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation | 7th April 1846 / 24 years / Cork Cork Ireland Labourer |
| Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars | 5 Ft 9¼ in Fresh / Blue / Light Brown / None |
| Overseas Service/Duration | Turkey and Crimea – 2 years 1 month |
| Length of Service | 10 years 275 days |
| Rank/Date/Place of Discharge | Private / 6th January 1857 / Chatham Kent England |
| Campaign Medals | Crimea War Medal clasps Balaclava Inkermann Sebastopol Turkish Crimea Medal |
| Intended Residence at Discharge | Not yet known |
| Pension Districts | 1857 Tullamore 1857 1st Manchester 1858 Western Australia |
| Pension Paid | 8d per diem – Temporary 3 years to 27th January 1860 |
| Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland | 5th March 1858 Plymouth England |
| Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia | LORD RAGLAN 1st June 1858 |
| Date/Place of Birth | c1822 St. Finbarr’s Cork Cork 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 |
| 1st Wife Date of Birth or Baptism | HUMPHREYS Elizabeth b c1826 England |
| Date/Place of Marriage | 15th April 1850 Manchester England |
| Children by 1st Wife | John James B c1849 Not yet known Bp 22 September 1851 St. Michael’s Limerick City Limerick, Ireland M SINCLAIR Mary Ann 17th April 1879 Bunbury Western Australia grand-daughter EPG Jeffrey Ringwood D c1916 Western Australia Frances Mary B 1851 bp 22 September 1851 St. Michael’s Limerick City Limerick Ireland Charles B c1858 Fremantle Western Australia D 1859 aged 4 months Mary Alice/Ann B 24 June 1860 Perth Western Australia M DARLINGTON Hawley 1888 |
| Father of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth | HUMPHREYS James Not yet known |
| Mother of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth Marriage | Not yet known |
| Land Grants Western Australia | None |
| Occupation after Arrival | Not yet known |
| Newspaper Articles | Leader (Melbourne, Vic: 1862-1918, 1935) Death notice Elizabeth O’Connor |
| Departure from Western Australia | Not yet known |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial | 4th July 1860 Fremantle Western Australia Not yet known |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife | 11th March 1911 Hawthorn Victoria Not yet known |
| Will or Probate | None known |
| Further Information | Discharge due to a rupture on the right side occasioned when on mounted duty in the Crimea |