ROCHE / ROACH – Edward 6th 1st Battalion and 34th Regiment

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Name	ROCHE / ROACH – Edward
Regiment (s)	6th 1st Battalion and 34th Regiment
Regiment Number (s)	2501 / 3064
Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation	22nd April 1846 / 17 years 6 months / Athlone Roscommon Ireland Farm Servant
Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars	5 Ft 5½ in Fresh / Blue / Brown / None
Overseas Service/Duration	Barbados West Indies Crimea
Length of Service	9 years 72 days
Rank/Date/Place of Discharge	Private / 1st January 1856 / Chatham Kent England
Campaign Medals	Crimean War medal Crimean Turkish medal
Intended Residence at Discharge	Belmullett Mayo Ireland
Pension Districts	1856 Castlebar 1856 Sligo 1865 Tilbury 1865-1893 Western Australia
Pension Paid	8d per diem 1878 Increased to 1/0½d per diem for service Enrolled Force
Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland	26th May 1865 Portland England
Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia	RACEHORSE 10th August 1865
Date/Place of Birth	October 1828 Belmullett Mayo 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	COSGROVE Sarah c1843 (deduced from West Australian Death age)
Date/Place of Marriage	16 February 1858 Belmullet, Mayo, Ireland
Children by 1^st Wife	Michael B 1862 Ireland BP 23 March 1862 Belmullet Mayo Ireland M MAHER Anne 1889 Perth WA D 18 September 1913 Perth WA Bur Karrakatta RC Cemetery Mary Josephine B Ireland Bp 27 December 1858 Balmullett Mayo Ireland M ILES Francis 1880 Perth Western Australia D 28th January 1937 West Perth Western Australia bur Roman Catholic Section Karrakatta Cemetery Western Australia John B 1863 Ireland Bp 6 October 1863 Belmullet Mayo Ireland
Father of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth	COSGROVE Michael Not yet known
Mother of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth Marriage	Not yet known
Land Grants Western Australia	Perth Lot 141Y 0.2.28 acres Title Application 6 April 1881 Title 5/1120 Between Aberdeen and John Streets Perth
Occupation after Arrival	Not yet known
Newspaper Articles	London Gazette 22 June 1855 Severely wounded (Reach 34th Regt 3064) Western Mail 29th May 1886 page 19 Kelly v Roach The West Australian Sat 29 May 1886 Page 5 dispute as per previous article – Edward Roach, owner of a cottage which he let-to a tenant named Kelly The West Australian Saturday 2 September 1893 page 4 Funeral notice Edward Roach The West Australian Thursday 3 April 1902 page 4 Funeral notice Sarah Roach The West Australian Friday 26 September 1913 page 9 death of Michael Roach – This notes Mrs M Iles as his sister (a Mary Roach married Francis Iles Perth 1880) – death notice states Michael also had a cousin Mr T Roach – possible link as son of John Roach also 34th Rgt died Perth 1892 – not an EPG) The West Australian Friday 29 January 1937 page 1 Death notice Mary Josephine Iles
Departure from Western Australia	Not applicable
Date/Place of Death/Burial	31st August1893 Western Australia East Perth Cemeteries Western Australia
Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife	1st April 1902 Perth Western Australia Roman Catholic Section East Perth Cemeteries Western Australia
Will or Probate	None known
Further Information	The British Army Worldwide Index for 1851 has Edmund Roach service No 3064 of the 34th regiment stationed at Barbados West Indies Discharge: Unfit for further service due to the loss by amputation of the middle and ring finger of the right hand after being wounded by musket shot on the attack at the Quarries 7th June 1855 Mentioned in Surgeon’s Log Monday 3rd July 1865 as being reported for using disrespectful language to Corporal Johnson whilst on duty and grog stopped for 7 days. On 24 June 1876 Edward Roach having built the walls of his 2 roomed cottage on his free grant Y141 requested the mandatory payment of fifteen pounds