PORTER – Henry 10th 81st and 107th Regiment – Enrolled Pensioner Force WA

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Name	PORTER – Henry
Regiment (s)	10th 81st and 107th Regiment
Regiment No (s)	2167 – 10th Regiment 544 – 81st Regiment 1903 – 107th Regiment
Date/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation	4th May 1844 /18 years/ Kilkenny Kilkenny Ireland Labourer
Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars	5 Ft 9½ in Fair / Grey / Fair / Bullet wound at back of right shoulder
Overseas Service	India 19 years 50 days
Length of Service	21 years 83 days
Rank/Date/Place of Discharge	Private / 25th July 1865 / Netley Hampshire England
Campaign Medals	Punjab Medal with two clasps Indian Mutiny Medal with Capture of Lucknow clasp
Residence at Discharge	Woolwich Kent England
Pension Districts	1865 Woolwich 1866 Deptford 1866 1st East London 1867 Chatham 1867 Kilkenny 1867 Southampton 1867 Dorchester 1868 – 1876 Western Australia
Pension Paid	10d per diem
Date of Departure and Place UK or Ireland	12th October1867 Portland England
Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia	HOUGOUMONT 9th January 1868
Date/Place of Birth	c1826 Abbeyleix Queens (now Laois) Ireland
Date/Place of Baptism	14 January 1826 Abbeyleix, Queens County Ireland
Father Date/Place of Birth	Henry Porter
Mother Date/Place of Birth Marriage	Mary (possibly Shuran/ Sheeran)
Siblings	Not yet known
1st Wife	JOYCE Johannah or Johanna (nee McGRATH)
Date/Place of Marriage	23rd June 1873 Western Australia
Children by 1st Wife	Not yet known
1st Husband of Wife	JOYCE John – 37th Regiment arrived ROBERT SMALL 1853 D 12th March 1872 Western Australia
Date/Place of Marriage	Not yet known
Children of 1st Husband	Mary Anne B c1848 Ireland M MURTHA James 15th August 1863 York Western Australia D 1 August 1929 Mt Lawley Western Australia Bur Karrakatta Cemetery RC Catherine B c1854 Fremantle WA M BALDWIN John 1870 Fremantle WA D 27 February 1929 Fremantle WA Bur Fremantle Cemetery RC WA
3rd Husband of Wife	COOK Henry (Prison Warder) D 1886 Western Australia
Date/Place of Marriage	1876 Fremantle Western Australia
Children by 3rd Husband	Not yet known
Land Grants Western Australia	None
Occupation after Arrival	Not yet known
Newspaper Articles	The West Australian Times Tuesday 25th January 1876 page 3 Death of Henry
Departure from Western Australia	Not Applicable
Date/Place of Death/Burial	18th January 1876 Fremantle Western Australia
Date/Place of Death/Burial – Wife	1884 Western Australia Not yet known
Will or Probate	None Located
Further Information	British Army, Worldwide Index: 1851 Henry Porter 2167 Private 10th regt. Location Wazirabad 1861 Henry Porter 2167/544 Private 81st regt. Location Rawalpindi Discharge: Due to lumbago and rheumatism Awarded medal for Long Service and Good Conduct with gratuity of £5 Died while on duty Fremantle prison Johanna’s third husband Henry Cook was appointed warder at the convict establishment before leaving the UK. He arrived on the Esmeralda. He was a former soldier of the 35th Foot and later served with the Enrolled Guard. He was discharged from the 35th foot on 1846 with the right to apply for a deferred pension. He and his wife were living at the Fremantle Barracks in 1882. (Further information see MS James.)