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Name | O’PREY / OPRAY – Robert |
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Regiment (s) | 20th Regiment 1st Battalion |
Regiment Number (s) | 4260 |
Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation | Not yet known Shoemaker |
Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars | Not yet known |
Overseas Service/Duration | Not yet known |
Length of Service | Not yet known |
Rank/Date/Place of Discharge | Private / 20th August 1861 / Not yet known |
Campaign Medals | Indian Mutiny Medal with Lucknow clasp |
Intended Residence at Discharge | Not yet known |
Pension Districts | 1861 2nd Belfast 1863 1st Glasgow 1863 1st Belfast 1865-1866 Western Australia 1866-1920 Victoria |
Pension Paid | 9d per diem |
Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland | 26th May 1865 Portland England |
Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia | RACEHORSE 10th August 1865 |
Date/Place of Birth | c1828 Killinchy Down Ireland |
Date/Place of Baptism | Not yet known |
Father Date/Place of Birth | OPREY Samuel Not yet known |
Mother Date/Place of Birth Marriage | UNKNOWN Mary Not yet known |
Siblings | Samuel B c1840 Ireland |
1st Wife Date of Birth or Baptism | BROGAN or BROGEN Margaret c1833 Not yet known |
Date/Place of Marriage | 8th May 1859 Newtownards Down Ireland |
Children by 1st Wife | Mary B 26th July 1864 38 Melbourne Street Belfast Antrim Ireland Mary B 1867 Collingwood Victoria Robert Allan B 1870 Richmond Victoria D 1922 Richmond Victoria Samuel B 1872 Collingwood Victoria D 1875 Melbourne Victoria |
Father of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth | BROGAN Charles Not yet known |
Mother of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth Marriage | UNKNOWN Susannah Not yet known |
Land Grants Western Australia | None |
Occupation after Arrival | Not yet known |
Newspaper Articles | Not yet known |
Departure from Western Australia | 1866 to South Australia per “Gem” with wife and four children |
Date/Place of Death/Burial | 1920 Victoria Not yet known |
Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife | 1894 Collingwood Victoria Not yet known |
Will or Probate | None known |
Further Information | Some of the records in Victoria show this man as being Robert Allan. There isn’t any evidence that he was anything but Robert. |