POWER – John HEIC 2nd Bombay European Regiment

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Name	POWER – John
Regiment (s)	Honourable East India Company 2nd Bombay European Regiment
Regiment Number (s)	Discharge Number 198
Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation	27th January 1842 / 20 Years / O’Briens Bridge Clare Ireland Labourer
Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars	5 Ft 6¼ in Fresh / Grey / Brown / None
Overseas Service/Duration	Embarked 20 June 1842 per “Harmony” for India Departed India 1861 per “Assaye” for UK
Length of Service	22 years 6 months
Rank/Date/Place of Discharge	Private / 1st September 1861 / Not yet known
Campaign Medals	Not yet known
Intended Residence at Discharge	Ennis Ireland
Pension Districts	1861 Ennis 1862 Bermuda (in transit) 1863-c1881 Western Australia c 1881-1888 South Australia
Pension Paid	1/0d per diem
Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland	30th October 1862 Gravesend England (via Bermuda)
Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia	MERCHANTMAN 15th February 1863
Date/Place of Birth	1821 Ennistymon 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
1^st Wife Date of Birth or Baptism	BURNS Mary c1838 Not yet known
Date/Place of Marriage	17th March 1862 Kilfenora Clare Ireland
Children by 1^st Wife	Jane Bridget B 14th February 1863 at Sea M AUSTIN Joseph 23rd August 1884 North Adelaide South Australia D 4th May 1927 Adelaide South Australia Mary B 1866 Western Australia M SOLLY Robert George 14th August 1888 North Adelaide South Australia D 14th March 1923 Bowden South Australia
Land Grants Western Australia	Title Application 6th April 1881 Title 5/1108 Perth Lot Y124 On the corner of Hardinge and Fitzgerald Streets 3 roods
Occupation after Arrival	Not yet known
Newspaper Articles	South Australia Register Saturday 7th July 1888 – page 6 Evening Journal Adelaide Saturday 7th July 1888 – page 5
Departure from Western Australia	To South Australia date not yet known
Date/Place of Death/Burial	5th July 1888 10th Street Bowden South Australia Not yet known
Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife	5th July 1888 10th Street Bowden Hindmarsh South Australia Not yet known
Will or Probate	None known
Further Information	Discharge due to ‘Time Expired’. The Surgeon Superintendent of the Merchantman considered John Power’s during the voyage as Very Good despite having his liquor stopped for 2 days for not clearing the mess table. Mrs Power also got a Very Good rating. Daughter (Jane) Bridget was born on the last day of the voyage 14th February at 12 am. 1863 Nominated sister-in-law Kate BURNS aged 20 years of Kilfinora (sic) County Clare as Government Immigrant 1863. John Power of the EIC was on the reserve list for the Enrolled Guard November 1880. SROWA Cons 36 CSR Vol 805 folio 3 11th February 1875 qualified for grant of £15. John and Mary died together from suffocation when a fire was lit in their bedroom for warmth at night and there was insufficient ventilation.