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| Name | O’CONNOR – John |
|---|---|
| Regiment (s) | Honourable East India Company Bengal Artillery |
| Regiment Number (s) | Discharge No. 61 |
| Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation | 20th April 1840 / 21 years / Limerick Stone Cutter |
| Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars | 5 feet 7 inches Fresh/Blue/Brown/none mentioned |
| Overseas Service/Duration | East Indies |
| Length of Service | 3 years 4 months |
| Rank/Date/Place of Discharge | Gunner / 10th July 1844 / Madras India |
| Campaign Medals | None |
| Intended Residence at Discharge | Not known |
| Pension Districts | 1844 Wolverhampton 1850-1854 Western Australia April 1854 -75 Melbourne |
| Pension Paid | 9d per diem |
| Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland | 4th March 1850 Portsmouth Hampshire England |
| Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia | SCINDIAN 1st June 1850 |
| Date/Place of Birth | C 1819 Kilfinosa Clare 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 | WALES / HEALS Sarah Not yet known |
| Date/Place of Marriage | Not yet known |
| Children by 1st Wife | Sarah B 10th August 1848 North Staffordshire England Bp 16th August 1848 St Mary Leek North Staffordshire England (Mother Sarah Hales) D 29 June 1850 Fremantle Western Australia Buried Skinner St Cemetery Fremantle WA Sarah B 1850 Fremantle Western Australia D Not yet known Jane B 1852 Fremantle Western Australia D Not yet known John George B 2nd May 1855 Fremantle Western Australia D 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 | August 1850 assigned Lot P15 South Perth: 1851 resigned this land 1st December 1851 assigned and occupied Lot P17 North Fremantle. SROWA Cons 36 Volume 334 Folio 41-3 – Series of letter regarding Sarah O’Conner the wife of Pensioner John O’Conner and his grant of land at North Fremantle. John deserted the EF and went to the Eastern States in an effort to obtain work leaving his wife Sarah and their children living at North Fremantle. In due course Lt Col Bruce advised her she would have to leave the village, she wrote to him and said that in the 3 years they had occupied the cottage they had made changes amounting to £42/12/10 and requested to be reimbursed for the said amount. The Governor (Hampton) said as her husband had violated the condition under which he had obtained the cottage she was not entitled to receive any money outlaid. |
| Occupation after Arrival | Not yet known |
| Newspaper Articles | Inquirer and Commercial News Wednesday 7th November 1855 page 2 Departure of Vivid for South Australia |
| Departure from Western Australia | 1st April 1854 pension paid in Melbourne |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial | Not yet known: death in 1875 or later and possibly in Melbourne Victoria |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife | Not yet known |
| Will or Probate | None known |
| Further Information | Discharge due to a hernia 14th April 1850 Daughter Sarah received medical treatment aboard the Scindian After the arrival of the Scindian at Fremantle Captain Henderson wrote a report listing the rank name, trade or calling, rate of pension, date of enlistment for 5 months service, marital status, and number of children for each pensioner. Sometimes the trade of calling differed from that recorded at the time of attestation: Private John O’Connor, general labourer, 9d, 17th January, married 2 children. Wife Sarah and 3 children left Western Australia on 1st November 1855 per Vivid for Adelaide. |