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| Name | QUIRK – James |
|---|---|
| Regiment (s) | 20th and 54th Regiment |
| Regiment Number (s) | 753 – 20th Regiment 1018 – 54th Regiment |
| Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation | 24th February 1826 /17 years / Maryborough Ireland Nailer |
| Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars | 5 Ft 9 in Sallow / Hazel / Brown / None |
| Overseas Service/Duration | East Indies – 13 years |
| Length of Service | 14 years 1 day |
| Rank/Date/Place of Discharge | Private / 12th March 1841 / Chatham Kent England |
| Campaign Medals | Not yet known |
| Intended Residence at Discharge | Castlecomber Kilkenny Ireland |
| Pension Districts | 1841 Kilkenny 1850-1861 Western Australia 1862-1877 Victoria |
| Pension Paid | 6d per diem |
| Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland | 22nd July 1850 Portland Dorset England |
| Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia | HASHEMY 25th October 1850 |
| Date/Place of Birth | c1809 Castlecomber Kilkenny 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 | CRENNAN Mary Not yet known |
| Date/Place of Marriage | Not yet known |
| Children by 1st Wife | Margaret B 1842 Bp 16th October 1842 Castlecomer Kilkenny, Ireland D 18th December 1878 Norwood South Australia Richard B 1843 Bp 12th November 1843 Castlecomer, Kilkenny, Ireland M CORBY Margaret 7th October 1867 St. Patrick’s Church Adelaide South Australia D 25th June 1869 Adelaide South Australia Cath(erine) B 1846 Bp 28 April 1846 Castlecomer Kilkenny Ireland M CONNOR Thomas 5th May 1869 St. Patrick’s Adelaide South Australia D 28th November 1915 Glen Osmond Adelaide South Australia Michael B c 1847 Not yet known D 1st January 1860 Anderson’s Lake Perth WA Maria B 1850 WA James B 1853 B 16th April 1853, Bp 17th April 1853 Perth Western Australia Elizabeth B 2nd July 1855, Bp 8th July 1855 Perth Western Australia M HOWLETT James 18th June 1883 St. Patrick’s Church Adelaide South Australia D 24th August 1884 Adelaide South Australia Anne B 23rd May 1857, Bp 31st May 1857 Perth, Western Australia Thomas B 7th July 1859, Bp 10th July 1859 Perth, Western Australia D 1861 aged 10 months WA John B 8th July 1859, Bp 10th July 1859 Perth Western Australia D 1861 aged 10 months WA Bridget B 1861 Victoria (Mother Mary Crenan) |
| 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 | Perth location Y 108 of 3 roods Title Application 6th June 1861 Title 1803 |
| Occupation after Arrival | 6th September 1851 appointed Perth Policeman (dismissed 21st March 1852 from Perth Police Force) |
| Newspaper Articles | Perth Gazette and Independent Journal of Political and News WA – Shipping Intelligence 1st November 1850 – page 2 – List of Pensioners on the Hashemy named The Perth Gazette and Independent Journal of Politics and News Friday 12th September 1851 page 2 Appointed to police The Perth Gazette and Independent Journal of News and Politics Friday 6th January 1860 page 2 Death of Michael South Australian Register Saturday 4th February 1865 page 2 Passenger list Aldinga Melbourne to Adelaide Evening Journal Saturday 26th June 1869 page 2 Death of Richard Evening Journal Thursday 28th August 1884 page 2 Death of Elizabeth The Express and Telegraph Tuesday 30th November 1915 page 1 Death of Catherine |
| Departure from Western Australia | Paid in WA to 30th June 1861 |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial | 1877 Melbourne Victoria |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife | Not yet known |
| Will or Probate | None known |
| Further Information | British Army Worldwide Index 1841 James Quirke (sic) 1018 Private 54th Foot Discharged 13/3/1841 location Dover and Weedon Discharge due to varicose veins in left leg and worn out/ 17th June 1856 James Quirk wrote to His Excellency the Governor requesting employment. He said he had approached Lt Col Bruce about the lack of opportunity of earning a wage as his pension of 6d per day together with what he earned as a nailer was insufficient to keep his family. Lt Col Bruce replied he had had an opportunity in the Police Force but had been dismissed for drunkenness and had refused offers of casual work. SROWA CSR Vol 409 Folios 173-179 James Quirk was one of the pensioners who had their cottage built under a scheme authorised by Staff Officer Bruce where by the amount available to pensioners (£15) was not enough to cover the cost of the cottage (£47) and they agreed to pay 1/- per day towards the extra expense. James Quirk (son) was a patient at the Royal Adelaide hospital on 6th March 1878, age 25, he was a Roman Catholic, born Western Australia, single, a labourer living at Koolunga, he had arrived in the Colony on the Aldinga and had resided there for 13 years (ie arrived 1865) His sister Margaret was also admitted to the hospital on13th July and 17th September 1878. She was living at Alfred Road working as a servant, a Roman Catholic born Ireland arriving on the Wonga Wonga and had been 12 years in the colony (arr 1866) Although we do not know by what ship they travelled to the Eastern states Margaret and Kate Quirk sailed from Adelaide to Melbourne on 3rd March 1863 on the Havilah. Mrs Quirk, Margaret, Catherine, Mary, James, Elizabeth, Ann and Bridget Quirk all travelled from Melbourne to Adelaide on the Aldinga departing on 1st February arriving 3rd February 1865. When the Hashemy was chartered as a convict transport in 1850 its destination was Van Diemen’s Land but due to the strong anti-transportation movement in the Eastern states it was decided to send it to Western Australia where transportation was still acceptable. As a result the WO 23s still have the pensioners located in VDL in 1851 instead of Western Australia. |