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| Name | ROONEY – Henry |
|---|---|
| Regiment (s) | 15th Regiment |
| Regiment Number (s) | 1016 |
| Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation | 14th August 1835 / 19 years / Woodfort Cavan Ireland Shoemaker |
| Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars | 5 Ft 11 in Fresh / Grey / Brown / None |
| Overseas Service/Duration | Canada – 2 years Ceylon – 9 years 8 months |
| Length of Service | 21 years 101 days |
| Rank/Date/Place of Discharge | Private / 25th November 1856 / Chatham Kent England |
| Campaign Medals | Not yet known |
| Intended Residence at Discharge | Jersey Channel Islands |
| Pension Districts | 1856 Jersey 1857 Exeter (not paid) 1857 Jersey 1858-1878 Western Australia |
| Pension Paid | 1/0d per diem 1874 Increased to 1/3d 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 | c1816 Navan Meath 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 | HYNES Jane (marriage) / HINDS/HYMUS (births of Robert and Catherine) Not yet known |
| Date/Place of Marriage | 23 January 1844, St. Michael’s, Limerick, Ireland |
| Children by 1st Wife | Joseph Henry B c1849 D 28th May 1931, Glendalough, West Leederville, Perth, Western Australia Aged 82 (Parent: Patrick Henry Rooney and Jane Hynes) Buried Karrakatta Cemetery Mary Anne B 1852 b Ceylon (see further information) M EATON Samuel 20 June 1866, Albany, Western Australia Departs to South Australia 27 March 1876 from Albany, Western Australia on the Emily Smith D 28 April 1884, Yorketown, South Australia (aged 32) (Her parents are assumed on the basis of the godparents of three of Samuel and Mary’s children being her siblings Samuel Joseph b 1867 and Robert Benjamin b 1869 god parent being Joseph Henry Rooney and Joan b 1871 being Catherine Rooney) Robert B 1859 Fremantle Western Australia D 1861 Fremantle Western Australia bur 1st April 1861 St Patrick’s Skinner Street Cemetery Fremantle Western Australia Catherine B 1862 Perth Western Australia D 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 | 1865 accompanied C C HUNT on his exploration east of York |
| Newspaper Articles | The Herald Saturday 12 January 1878 page 3 Death of a pensioner called Rooney dies of heat exhaustion walking 100 miles to collect his pension |
| Departure from Western Australia | Not Applicable |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial | 1878 Western Australia Not yet known |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife | After 1871 see further information |
| Will or Probate | None known |
| Further Information | British Army Worldwide Index 1841 Henry Rooney 1016 Private 15th Foot location Winchester and Woolwich 1851 Henry Rooney 1016 Private location Kandy and Colombo Ceylon Discharge due to length of service and effect of climate, varicose veins left leg.The 15th regiment returned to England from Canada in 1840, after a 2 year stay in England they were stationed in Ireland (Templemore/ Limerick) until departing for Ceylon from Cork on the ships Maria Somes and Mariner 1845 arriving 15th January 1846, Henry was there for 10 years, almost up to his discharge
Henry Rooney was one of the pensioners who accompanied CC Hunt on his expedition from 17th January -16 August 1865 to find an inland route to the north sinking new wells and shoring up existing ones along the way as well as blazing the trail. Unfortunately it was conducted at the worst time of the year and great hardship was endured from excessive heat and bush fires as well as sore eyes, splinters in the eyes and lack of water |