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Name | SCANLAN / SCANLON – Frederick John Burke |
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Regiment (s) | Royal Artillery 11th Battalion |
Regiment Number (s) | 320 |
Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation | 15th December 1832 / 18 years 3 months / Kilmainham Dublin Ireland Clerk |
Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars | 5 Ft 8 in Fresh / Blue / Grey / None |
Overseas Service/Duration | Gibraltar – 10 years |
Length of Service | 23 years 168 days |
Rank/Date/Place of Discharge | Gunner and Driver / 12th August 1856 / Woolwich Kent England |
Campaign Medals | None |
Intended Residence at Discharge | Not stated |
Pension Districts | 1856 Woolwich 1857 2nd West London 1857 2nd Plymouth 1861 2nd West London 1864 Tilbury 1864-1892 Western Australia |
Pension Paid | 1/1d per diem 1887 Increased 1/9d per diem for service in Enrolled Force Western Australia |
Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland | London England date not known |
Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia | CLARA 13th April 1864 |
Date/Place of Birth | c1814 St. George Dublin Dublin Ireland |
Date/Place of Baptism | Not yet known |
Father Date/Place of Birth | SCANLAN Thomas Occupation Ships’ agent Not yet known |
Mother Date/Place of Birth Marriage | Not yet known |
Siblings | Not yet known |
1st Wife Date of Birth or Baptism | BARTHOLOMEW Mary Ann c1826 Titchfield Hampshire England |
Date/Place of Marriage | 20th August 1851 Portsmouth Hampshire England |
Children by 1st Wife | Frederick John B 1852 Egham Surrey England bap 21st March 1852 Egham Surrey England M LANGOULANT Louisa 3rd August 1873 Perth Western Australia D 11 June 1911 East Melbourne Victoria Buried St. Kilda Cemetery Victoria Catherine Jemima B 1855 Woolwich Kent England M CORBITT James 1878 Guildford WA D 5th March 1936 Inglewood WA Bur Karrakatta Cemetery WA Ellen B 1856 Woolwich Kent England M JOSE Henry James 1880 Fremantle WA M McPHERSON Robert 1894 Fremantle WA Died 4th October 1922 Fremantle WA Bur Fremantle Cemetery WA Emily Mary Evelyn B 1858 Lydford Devon England M GRIFFIN William 1883 Western Australia D 7th May 1919 Kalamunda WA Bur Fremantle Cemetery WA Thomas Richard B 1860 Lydford Devon England M UNKNOWN Florence D October 1938 Boulder WA Morris Lewis B 11 September 1862 Chelsea London Bp 15 February 1863 St Mary Kensington and Chelsea London M WARRENER Harriet Western Australia D 20th July 1934 Perth Western Australia bur Roman Catholic Section Karrakatta Cemetery Western Australia Walter Augustus B 1864 Perth Western Australia Edwin B 1866 Perth Western Australia D 10th May 1869 Western Australia bur Roman Catholic Section East Perth Cemeteries Western Australia Cecil Robert B 1870 Western Australia M HOLGATE Harriet Elizabeth 1897 Busselton Western Australia D 12th September 1951 Busselton Western Australia Buried Busselton Cemetery WA |
Father of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth | BARTHOLOMEW Richard Occupation Brewer Not yet known |
Mother of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth Marriage | Not yet known |
Land Grants Western Australia | Perth Lot E77 0.2.16 2 roods 18 perches Assigned 21st July 1881 Title Application 17th October 1883 – Title 6/60 Between Wickham and Stokes Streets East Perth |
Occupation after Arrival | 1868 appointed Military Hospital – Compounder or Chemist |
Newspaper Articles | The Inquirer and Commercial News Wednesday 17th August 1892 page 2 Frederick’s Obituary The West Australian Thursday 5th October 1922 page 1 Death of Helen McPherson formerly Nellie Jose nee Scanlan |
Departure from Western Australia | Wife and Daughters visited Eastern Colonies 1878 and 1884 |
Date/Place of Death/Burial | 13th August 1892 Fremantle Western Australia Roman Catholic Section Karrakatta Cemetery Western Australia |
Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife | 18th July 1916 Guildford Western Australia Roman Catholic Section Karrakatta Cemetery Western Australia |
Will or Probate | None known |
Further Information | Discharge due to chronic rheumatism in shoulders and limbs |