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| Name | REDMOND – Felix |
|---|---|
| Regiment (s) | Honourable East India Company Bengal Artillery |
| Regiment Number (s) | Discharge No: 116 |
| Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation | 5th April 1837 / 28 years / Manchester England Labourer |
| Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars | 5 Ft 10 in Pale / Grey / Black / None |
| Overseas Service/Duration | HEIC |
| Length of Service | 2 years 1 month |
| Rank/Date/Place of Discharge | Gunner / 26th February 1840 / Bengal India |
| Campaign Medals | Not yet known |
| Intended Residence at Discharge | Dublin Ireland |
| Pension Districts | 1851 2nd Dublin 1851 Tilbury Fort 1851 Western Australia 1852-1854 South Australia 1854 Melbourne 1855 2nd Dublin 1859-1863 Melbourne 1863-1865 Sydney 1865 2nd Dublin 1865 2nd East London 1865 1st Dublin 1867 2nd Cork |
| Pension Paid | 6d per diem |
| Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland | 13th March 1851 Portland England |
| Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia | PYRENEES 28th June 1851 |
| Date/Place of Birth | c1809 Bray Wicklow 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 | Not yet known |
| Date/Place of Marriage | Not yet known |
| Children by 1st Wife | Not yet 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 | Inquirer Perth Wednesday 22nd October 1851 – page 3 |
| Departure from Western Australia | 1852 to South Australia |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial | 9th July or October 1870 Fermoy Cork Ireland Not yet known |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife | Not yet known |
| Will or Probate | None known |
| Further Information | Discharge due to insanity. Surgeons Log states 13th April 1851 repeatedly bought before Surgeon by Sergeant Major for neglect of duty. It appeared his manner below deck remarkably strange at times. The surgeon on the Pyrenees considered he was insane and he spent 100 days in the ship’s hospital – on arrival at Fremantle he was transferred to Military Hospital Fremantle 15th July 1851.Struck off Pension List 30th June 1856 for non- appearance. Arrears from 1st July 1857 – 30th June 1859 paid after arrival in Melbourne Australia c1859. On the Sydney to Melbourne passenger list for a Felix Redmond it said he was a married man and in the 1859 NSW Gazette it said there was a Lawrence Redmond at the same address so it looks that it is a possibility he was a married man although there was a pensioner named Lawrence Redmond of the 58th Foot who drew his pension at Sydney 1868-1870 and more so the relationship may have been otherwise. Sundry marriages for a Felix in Ireland not an uncommon name. |
