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| Name | POWER – John |
|---|---|
| Regiment (s) | 96th Regiment and Army Staff |
| Regiment Number (s) | 1447 – 96th Regiment |
| Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation | 21st March 1840 / 17 years / Manchester Lancashire England Labourer |
| Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars | 5 Ft 6½ in Fresh / Grey / Light Brown / None |
| Overseas Service/Duration | Australia – 7 years 9 months India – 5 years 6 months Gibraltar – 10 months |
| Length of Service | 21 years 43 days |
| Rank/Date/Place of Discharge | Sergeant Major / 2nd June 1863 / Devonport England |
| Campaign Medals | None |
| Intended Residence at Discharge | Military Barracks Plymouth England |
| Pension Districts | 1863 2nd Plymouth 1863-1881 Western Australia 1881- January 1884 Victoria |
| Pension Paid | 2/6d per diem 18th January 1881 Increased to 3/0d per diem for service in Enrolled Force Western Australia |
| Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland | 23rd September 1863 Portland Dorset England |
| Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia | LORD DALHOUSIE 28th December 1863 |
| Date/Place of Birth | April 1824 Elphin Roscommon Ireland |
| Date/Place of Baptism | Not yet known |
| Father Date/Place of Birth | POWER Edward |
| Mother Date/Place of Birth Marriage | PERRYMAN Mary (as recorded on his death registration) |
| Siblings | Not yet known |
| 1st Wife Date of Birth or Baptism | JORDAN Catherine nee PERRYMAN B 1826 Not yet known |
| Date/Place of Marriage | Not yet known |
| Children by 1st Wife | Eliza B 1857 Gibraltar M FINDLAY Charles Evelyn 1887 Victoria Australia D Not yet known |
| Father of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth | PERNSMAN / PERRYMAN John Not yet known |
| Mother of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth Marriage | Not yet known |
| 1st Husband of Wife | JORDAN John |
| Date/Place of Marriage | Not yet known |
| Children by 1st Husband | Maria B 8th January 1847 Africa Bp 12th January 1879 – father JORDAN Johannis, mother PERNSMAN Catherine-Adult baptism Perth WA M EPG ASH Abraham 1868 Fremantle Western Australia (64th Hougoumont) D Not yet known |
| Land Grants Western Australia | 6th April 1881 granted Perth Location Y143 of 2 roods 28 perches at corner of Aberdeen and Fitzgerald streets (Title Deed 5/1106) |
| Occupation after Arrival | Not yet known |
| Newspaper Articles | The Argus Wednesday 14th December 1887 page 1 Marriage of Eliza The Australasian 17th February 1894 – page 41 (Obit) |
| Departure from Western Australia | In 1882 went “to Eastern Colonies” having applied 27th May 1881 for a transfer to Hobart |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial | 1884 Melbourne Hospital age 64 |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife | 31st January 1894 Heidelberg Victoria |
| Will or Probate | None known |
| Further Information | British Army Worldwide Index 1841 Private 1447 Location Chatham 1851 Sergeant 1447 Location Lahore India Discharge: Completed 21 years’ service, free to pension. Conduct extemporary. In the 1861 Census the family is living at Stoke Demerel, Devonport, Devon. John Power, Head, Married, 40. Soldier, Born Ireland Catherine Power, Wife, Married, 36. Born Ireland Maria Jordan, Step-daughter, 14 Scholar, born Africa Eliza Power, daughter, 4, born Gibraltar.On the 31st August 1876. Pvt. John Power, Staff of the Army, 2/6 per day, has built his brick and mortar 2-roomed cottage on his free grant No. 143 at Perth and requests £15. In 1879 step daughter Maria ASH nee JORDAN was baptised into the Catholic faith it was the same year that a Maria Ash married a William O’CONNOR which rather indicates it is the same woman. Although it is recorded that he applied for a transfer to Tasmania in 1881 he actually went to Victoria and was paid there until the January quarter of 1884. He was struck off the pension list for not collecting his pension |
