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| Name | O’CONNOR – Patrick |
|---|---|
| Regiment (s) | Honourable East India Company 1st Bombay European Fusiliers |
| Regiment Number (s) | Discharge No. 85 |
| Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation | 31st March 1845/21 years/Cork Labourer |
| Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars | 5 Ft 6 In Sallow / Hazel / Black / loss of fourth and fifth finger of left hand |
| Overseas Service/Duration | Embarked England 29th July 1845 per “Mary Ann” for India. |
| Length of Service | 3 years 10 months |
| Rank/Date/Place of Discharge | Corporal / 19th September 1849 / Not yet known |
| Campaign Medals | None known |
| Intended Residence at Discharge | Cork Ireland |
| Pension Districts | 1849 Cork 1850 Cork 1850 Leeds 1854 Western Australia 1858-1875 Melbourne |
| Pension Paid | 9d per diem |
| Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland | 1st January 1854 Plymouth England |
| Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia | SEA PARK 5th April 1854 |
| Date/Place of Birth | C 1824 Mendlough (Menlough) Galway 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 | Single man at the time of arrival Sea Park |
| Date/Place of Marriage | Not yet known |
| Children by 1st 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 | Not applicable |
| Occupation after Arrival | Not yet known |
| Newspaper Articles | Not yet known |
| Departure from Western Australia | WO23/22 states not appeared since 1 October 1854. Suggest left Western Australia sometime after this date. |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial | Not yet known |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife | Not yet known |
| Will or Probate | None known |
| Further Information | Loss of fingers occurred whilst in action in Mooltan. On 21st October 1853 the Staff officer at Leeds was notified that the name of Corporal Pat O’Connor EIC 85 @ 9d was on the list of candidates for the upcoming guard and he would be notified when his services were required. On 23rd November he was duly notified that Pat O’Connor was to proceed to Tilbury Fort and report himself to Captain Nair on the 23ed instant. WO23/23 states still receiving pension in Melbourne in 1875. The Surgeon Superintendent of the Sea Park gave an unfavourable report as to the conduct on board of Patrick O’Connor SROWA Cons 36 Volume 303 Folios 80 & 81 – He was accused of neglect of duty, gross insolence and reduced from Corporal to private and had his grog stopped for 7 days. He was further charged with bad conduct insubordinate language, and had not fulfilled the conditions under which he was entitled to a free passage and was in fact a prisoner when the ship arrived in the Colony. He was struck off the Enrolled Force and his pension placed under stoppage until the cost of his passage made good |