Click on images to view (if available) a larger image. Use your browser’s Back button to return to site.
James Rourke – WA Quarter Sessions – February 2010 EPG Gazette
Claremont Pensioner Guard Village October 2010 and July 2011 EPG Gazette
| Name | ROURKE – James |
|---|---|
| Regiment (s) | 27th Regiment |
| Regiment Number (s) | 266 |
| Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation | 18 May 1825 / 16 years / Belturbet Cavan Ireland Labourer |
| Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars | 5 Ft 5 in Fresh / Grey / Grey / None |
| Overseas Service/Duration | West Indies – 4 years 335 days Cape of Good Hope – 12 years 230 days |
| Length of Service | 21 years 19 days |
| Rank/Date/Place of Discharge | Private / 13 June 1848 / Chatham Kent England |
| Campaign Medals | South Africa Medal (Kaffir Campaign) 1834-1853 |
| Intended Residence at Discharge | Ashton under Lyne Manchester England |
| Pension Districts | 1848 1st Manchester District 1848 2nd West London District 1850 Western Australia |
| Pension Paid | 1/0d per diem |
| Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland | 4th March 1850 Portsmouth Hampshire England |
| Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia | SCINDIAN 1st June 1850 |
| Date/Place of Birth | c1809 Drumlane Killishander Cavan 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 | HALLINAN Ann Not yet known |
| Date/Place of Marriage | 23RD January 1832 St. John Limerick Ireland |
| Children by 1st Wife | Margaret B c1837 unknown location M HANNON/HANNAN George 4th October 1852 Fremantle Western Australia James B c1849 unknown location D 10th April 1850 on board the Scindian Thomas B Not yet known D Not yet known Mary Jane B 1851 Fremantle Western Australia D Not yet known Unknown Child |
| 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 | 1850 assigned Lots P15 and P17 at Freshwater Bay – Resigned them |
| Occupation after Arrival | 6th October 1850- 1st November 1850 temporary warder Convict Establishment Recommended he be appointed as Warder to Mr. Hillman’s land party. 17th May 1851 reappointed Warder Dismissed 20th June 1852 |
| Newspaper Articles | Perth Gazette 14th June 1850 The Perth Gazette and Independent Journal of Politics and News Friday 8th October 1852 page 3 Trial of James Rourke The Inquirer and Commercial News Wednesday 7th November 1855 page 2 Passenger list Vivid |
| Departure from Western Australia | 1st November 1855 Mrs Rourke and 3 children left Western Australia per Vivid for South Australia |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial | Not yet known |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife | Not yet known |
| Will or Probate | None known |
| Further Information | British Army Worldwide Index 1841 James Rourke 266 Private 27th Ft Depot location Templemore and Galway Discharge due to chronic rheumatism After the arrival of the Scindian at Fremantle Captain Henderson wrote a report listing the rank name, trade or calling, rate of pension, date of enlistment for 5 months service, marital status, and number of children for each pensioner. Sometimes the trade of calling differed from that recorded at the time of attestation: Private James Rourke, indecipherable, 1/-, 17th January, married 5 children 6th October 1852 convicted of stealing a whetstone the property of Thomas Kneale and sentenced to 6 months imprisonment with hard labour and pension suspended 1854 Refused restoration of pension by War Office |