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EPF Disbanded 1887 EPG Gazette October 2011

Disbandment of EPG EPG_Gazette_2003_-_Vol_4-2__Apr

57th Regiment West_Middlesex Badge
Turkish Crimea Medal
Crimea War Medal with clasps for Balaklava, Inkerman and Sebastopol
NameO’HANLON – Hugh
Regiment (s)57th Regiment
Regiment Number (s) 1596
Date/Age/Place/Trade or
Profession at Attestation
4th October 1841 / 18 years 6 months / Newry Down Ireland
Labourer
Description – Height
Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars
5 Ft 7 in
Fresh / Grey / Light Brown / None
Overseas Service/DurationEast Indies – 3 years 9 months
Corfu – 1 year 6 months
Crimea – 8 months
Length of Service22 years 289 days
Rank/Date/Place of DischargePrivate / 30th May 1865 / Cork Cork Ireland
Campaign MedalsCrimea War Medal with clasps for Balaklava, Inkerman and Sebastopol
Turkish Crimea Medal
Intended Residence at
Discharge
Cork Ireland
Pension Districts1865 1st Cork
1866 Tilbury
1866 – 1887 Western Australia
Pension Paid1/0½d per diem
1881 increased to 1/6½d per diem for service to Enrolled Force
Date of Departure and Place
England or Ireland
16th October 1866 Portsmouth Hampshire England
Ship and Date of Arrival
Western Australia
CORONA 22nd December 1866
Date/Place of Birth1823 Clonallan Warrenpoint Down Ireland
Date/Place of BaptismDiocese of Dromore: baptisms not extant before 1826
Father
Date/Place of Birth
Not yet known
Mother
Date/Place of Birth
Marriage
Not yet known
SiblingsNot yet known
1st Wife
Date of Birth or Baptism
CALLAHAN Catherine
B c 1840
Date/Place of Marriage11th October 1860 St. Patrick’s Cork, Cork
Children by 1st WifeNone known
Father of 1st wife
Date/Place of Birth
Not yet known
Mother of 1st wife
Date/Place of Birth
Marriage
Not yet known
2nd Husband of WifeCARTY Daniel – 63rd and 21st Regiment
arrived “NAVAL BRIGADE” 1874
Date/Place of Marriage1888 Western Australia (shown as McCARTHY in WA BDM)
Children by 2nd HusbandNone
Land Grants Western
Australia
Title Application P87 North Fremantle 10th July 1883 Thompson Road – 21st September 1883 granted location P87
1 acre 12 Perches
Occupation after
Arrival
Appointed to Enrolled Guard 1st October 1881
Newspaper ArticlesInquirer & Commercial News 6th April 1887 List of pensioners of the Enrolled Guard
Daily News 23rd May 1887 Death notice
Departure from Western
Australia
Not applicable
Date/Place of Death/Burial11th May 1887 Perth Western Australia
East Perth Cemeteries Western Australia
Date/Place of Death/Burial
Wife
25th September 1897 Perth Home Goderich Street Perth Western Australia
Roman Catholic Section East Perth Cemeteries Western Australia
Will or ProbateLetters of Administration (17th March 1888) with Will (6th May 1887): Probate: 19th March 1888 Supreme Court of Western Australia [Cons. 3403-1888-872]: available from SROWA

SROWA Cons 3403/1888/872 – Hugh left his entire estate to his wife Catherine. Her second husband Daniel Carty gave his permission for her to seek the Letters of Administration

Further InformationBritish Army Worldwide index
1851 Hugh O’Hanlan (sic) 1596 Private 57th Foot location Dublin
1861 Hugh O’Hanlon As above location Cork
Discharge at own request after completing 21 years’ service
29th September 1881 appointed to Enrolled Guard
14th October 1881 purchased barrack bedding and furniture at Perth
On roll of Enrolled Guard at its disbandment on 31st March 1887
Served 14 years at Fremantle and 6 years at Perth District
SROWA Cons 3403/1888/872 – Hugh left his entire estate to his wife Catherine. Her second husband Daniel Carty gave his permission for her to seek the Letters of Administration