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| Name | QUIRK – David |
|---|---|
| Regiment (s) | Royal Marines 10th Company Portsmouth |
| Regiment Number (s) | 5472 |
| Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation | 24th January 1828 / 18 years / Bradford Wiltshire England Labourer |
| Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars | 5 Ft 10 in Fair / Hazel / Dark Brown / None |
| Overseas Service/Duration | Afloat and foreign stations -17 years 10 months 23 days Ships Melville, Spartiate, Daphne, Dolphin, Warspite and Eurydice |
| Length of Service | 21 years 10 months 24 days |
| Rank/Date/Place of Discharge | Private / 17th December 1849 / Portsmouth England |
| Campaign Medals | Medal for service on the coast of Syria while serving on the Daphne |
| Intended Residence at Discharge | Not stated |
| Pension Districts | 1849 Exeter 1852 2nd Plymouth 1852 Deptford 1853 Western Australia 1856 2nd East London 1856 Woolwich 1857 2nd Cork 1859 3rd Plymouth 1860 2nd East London transfer cancelled 1860 permanent admission to Greenwich Hospital 6th Sept 1860 |
| Pension Paid | £18/4/0 per annum |
| Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland | 2nd February 1853 Portsmouth England |
| Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia | PYRENEES 30th April 1853 |
| Date/Place of Birth | c1808 Fermoy Cork 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 |
| 1st Wife Date of Birth or Baptism | GREENHALCH Elizabeth B c1810 Bath Somerset England |
| Date/Place of Marriage | 18th January 1839 St Thomas Portsmouth Hampshire England |
| Children by 1st Wife | None known |
| Father of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth | Not yet known |
| Mother of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth Marriage | Not yet known |
| Land Grants Western Australia | None |
| Occupation after Arrival | Not yet known |
| Newspaper Articles | None known |
| Departure from Western Australia | Departed pre-1856 by unknown ship |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial | 21st November 1862 Greenwich Hospital London England |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife | Possibly 2nd Quarter 1859 Greenwich London England |
| Will or Probate | None known |
| Further Information | Discharge at own request having served 21 years In the 1851 Census David and his wife Elizabeth are living at Longbrook Street Exeter Devon. David is a Greenwich pensioner age 41 born Fermoy Ireland Elizabeth is also 41 and was born Bath Somerset. In December 1852 Elizabeth advised the WO that she wanted to remain in the UK as her mother was ill. The Secretary at War ordered that David be advised that they both either journeyed together on the Pyrenees or both disembarked and David would be liable for the considerable expense incurred to the public cost. 6th January 1853 a query was sent to the Governor of Dartmoor Prison as follows: ‘Mariner 185 £18/4/- David Quirk I am directed by the Secretary at War to transmit a letter from the pensioner named in the margin, and to request to be informed whether your officers are aware of any circumstances connected with the conduct of the woman while her husband was at Dartmoor prison which should relieve him from the burden of supporting her.’ She is not mentioned in the Pyrenees sick list or anywhere else in Western Australia the woman who died in 1859 may be her. On David’s admittance to Greenwich hospital it said he was a single man |