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Name | O’DEA / O’DAY – Martin |
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Regiment (s) | 41st Regiment |
Regiment Number (s) | 2584 |
Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation | 21st August 1848 / 18 years / Buttevant Cork Ireland Labourer |
Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars | 5 Ft 8 in Fresh / Dark Blue / Black / None |
Overseas Service/Duration | Ionian Isles – 1 year 4 months Malta & Turkey – 1 year 1 month Crimea – 1 year 7 months |
Length of Service | 7 years 201 days |
Rank/Date/Place of Discharge | Corporal / 18th March 1856 / Templemore Tipperary Ireland |
Campaign Medals | Crimean War Medal with Alma Inkermann and Sebastopol clasps Turkish Crimea Medal |
Intended Residence at Discharge | Ennis Clare Ireland |
Pension Districts | 1856 Ennis 1865-1893 Western Australia: September 1875 transferred from Fremantle to 1st Perth District |
Pension Paid | 1/0d per diem 1885 increased to 1/4d per diem for service to Enrolled Force |
Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland | 30th September 1865 Portland Dorset England |
Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia | VIMIERA 22nd December 1865 |
Date/Place of Birth | 11th August 1830 Drumcliff Ennis 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 | WARREN Bridget B 1837 County Clare Ireland |
Date/Place of Marriage | 4th October 1856 Ennis Ireland |
Children by 1st Wife | John B 1857 Drumcliff Ennis Clare Ireland Bridget B 1860 Drumcliff Ennis Clare Ireland Mary Anne B 1862 Drumcliff Ennis Clare Ireland(NB The above children did not arrive in Western Australia thus probably died as infants)Michael B 17th September 1863 Drumcliff Ennis Clare Ireland M TIGHE Mollie 1919 Perth Western Australia D 23rd April 1932 Perth Western Australia bur Roman Catholic Section Karrakatta Cemetery Western Australia John B 1865 Fremantle Western Australia Francis B 1868 York, Western Australia D 1873 Western Australia Mary Matilda B 1870 Perth Western Australia Peter B 1872 Perth Western Australia D 1872 Western Australia Patrick Joseph B 1875 Western Australia M TOLMIE Mary Grace 1901 Perth Western Australia D 5th March 1961 Perth Western Australia bur Roman Catholic Section Karrakatta Cemetery Western Australia |
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 | 1874 assigned Perth Lot 145Y 15 May 1881 granted Lot 145Y Perth |
Occupation after Arrival | December 1866 to March 1870 Assistant Warder 1891 Armourer Metropolitan Rifle Volunteers |
Newspaper Articles | Not yet known |
Departure from Western Australia | West Australian 27th April 1893 Inquirer & Commercial News 5th May 1893 W.A. Record Perth Saturday 24th December 1898 – page 19 |
Date/Place of Death/Burial | 26th April 1893 Murray Street West Perth Western Australia 27th April 1893 Roman Catholic Section East Perth Cemeteries Western Australia |
Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife | 23rd September 1886 East Perth Western Australia Roman Catholic Section East Perth Cemeteries Western Australia |
Will or Probate | Will 13th July 1891 Probate 4 May 1893 Supreme Court of Western Australia Copy available from SROWA (Cons. 3404-1893-1180) |
Further Information | During 1874 Martin O’Dea was imprisoned for unknown offence released 9th June 1875 thereabouts |