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| Name | REILLY – Michael |
|---|---|
| Regiment (s) | Honourable East India Company 2nd Bombay European Regiment |
| Regiment Number (s) | 250 |
| Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation | May 1840 / Not yet known Labourer |
| Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars | 5 Ft 6 in Pale / Pale / Brown / None |
| Overseas Service/Duration | HEIC |
| Length of Service | 16 years 11 months |
| Rank/Date/Place of Discharge | Sergeant / 3rd June 1857 |
| Campaign Medals | Not yet known |
| Intended Residence at Discharge | Leixlip Dublin Ireland |
| Pension Districts | 1857 1st Dublin 1858-1884 Western Australia |
| Pension Paid | 1/0d per diem |
| Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland | 26th August 1858 Plymouth England |
| Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia | EDWIN FOX 20th November 1858 |
| Date/Place of Birth | c1817 Leixlip Dublin 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 | STUBBS Ellen B 1826 Dublin Ireland |
| Date/Place of Marriage | Not yet known |
| Children by 1st Wife | William Joseph B 1858 Fremantle Western Australia Probably the child born on the Edwin Fox 13th September 1858 parents Richard and Ellen Reilly D 1920 Broomehill Western Australia Ellen B 1860 Kojonup Western Australia D 1869 Western Australia Rachael B 1862 Kojonup Western Australia D 1884 Kojonup Western Australia Michael B 1863 Kojonup Western Australia D 1871 Western Australia Bridget B 1864 Kojonup Western Australia M GREEN George 1888 Kojonup Western Australia D 15th January 1927 Broomhill Western Australia Patrick B 1866 Kojonup Western Australia D 1st-2nd April 1943 Buried Kojonup Cemetery WA George B 1868 Kojonup Western Australia D Katanning WA 1942 Catherine Ann B 25th November 1870 Kojonup Western Australia M MASTERS Thomas 11th November 1889 Kojonup WA D 2nd November 1944 Perth WA (Residence Albany) Bur Karrakatta Cemetery Perth WA |
| Father of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth | STUBBS Peter |
| Mother of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth Marriage | Not yet known |
| Land Grants Western Australia | Kojonup Suburban Lot P3 10 acres (A road was later put through these lots reducing them to 8 acres P13.) |
| Occupation after Arrival | Not yet known |
| Newspaper Articles | The Albany Advertiser and King George’s Sound Advertiser Tuesday 12th February 1884 page 2. Sale of land The Daily News Friday 19th March 1886 page 4 Letters of Administration shows date of death. The West Australian Saturday 23rd February 1884 page 3 Suicide of Rachel Reilly Great Southern Herald Wednesday 19th January 1927 page 2 Obit Bridget Green |
| Departure from Western Australia | Not Applicable |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial | 23rd August 1884 Kojonup, Western Australia Not yet known |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife | 1909 Broomehill Western Australia Buried 6 August 1909 RC Section Broomehill Cemetery |
| Will or Probate | SROWA Cons 3458 1886/104 As Michael died Intestate William Grills Knight applied for Letters of Administration on behalf of his widow Ellen Reilly and living children William J, Bridget, Patrick and Kate Reilly. |
| Further Information | Discharge due to incontinence of urine and rheumatism Michael Reilly was a subscriber to the Pensioners Benevolent Fund he also was a signatory in the support of the Lockyer Burges petition 12th February 1884 Michael Reilly advertised for sale his Pensioner grant of 8 acres and also 100 acres at Kojonup. William Joyce Reilly bequeathed £353/14/- to Lomas Henry Richardson (West Australian 10th September 1920.) |