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| Name | STARKEY – Peter |
|---|---|
| Regiment (s) | 41st Regiment |
| Regiment Number (s) | 2482 |
| Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation | 12th June 1848 / 17 years 10 months / Dublin Ireland Smith |
| Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars | 5 Ft 7 in Fresh / Blue / Light Brown / Undefined wound |
| Overseas Service/Duration | Ionian Islands – 3 years Turkey and Crimea – 2 years 3 months West Indies – 1 year 7 months |
| Length of Service | 10 years 175 days |
| Rank/Date/Place of Discharge | Private / 16th March 1859 / Chatham Kent England |
| Campaign Medals | Crimean War Medal with Alma Inkerman and Sebastopol clasps Légion d’Honneur medal (listed in London Gazette 5th August 1856 Issue 6620 page 686 for “Stockey, Peter Lance-Corporal Peter 41st Regiment.) |
| Intended Residence at Discharge | Not stated |
| Pension Districts | 1859 Galway 1861-1886 Western Australia 1886-1901 Victoria |
| Pension Paid | 8d per diem 1881 applied for an increase in pension but was refused. |
| Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland | 10th November 1860 Portland Dorset England |
| Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia | PALMERSTON 11th February 1861 |
| Date/Place of Birth | 14th May 1829 Galway Ireland |
| Date/Place of Baptism | Not yet known |
| Father Date/Place of Birth | STARKEY Thomas |
| Mother Date/Place of Birth Marriage | JENNERY Mary |
| Siblings | Not yet known |
| 1st Wife Date of Birth or Baptism | KILLEEN Mary 1845 (deduced) |
| Date/Place of Marriage | Not yet known |
| Children by 1st Wife | Bridget B 1861 Fremantle Western Australia D 31st March 1861 aged 3 months bur St. Patrick’s Skinner Street Cemetery Fremantle Western Australia Thomas B 1862 Fremantle Western Australia D 1939 Mt. Park Victoria Mary Catherine B 28th April 1864 Perth Western Australia M GRAY George 1887 Victoria D 26 February 1951 Fitzroy Victoria Michael Peter Patrick B 1868 Fremantle Western Australia D 30th December 1868 Fremantle Western Australia bur 30th December 1868 Skinner Street Cemetery Fremantle Western Australia Ann Jane bap 4th December 1870 Fremantle Western Australia M MULLINS Unknown D Not yet known |
| Father of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth | KINNENN (sic) James Not yet known |
| Mother of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth Marriage | TUREEN Mary (tentative) Not yet known |
| Land Grants Western Australia | None |
| Occupation after Arrival | Assistant warder Convict Department from 1868 until March 1882 |
| Newspaper Articles | WA Times Thursday 4th February 1864 – page 4 Inquirer and Commercial News Wednesday 25th January 1865 – page 3 Inquirer Wednesday 13th September 1865 – page 3 Perth Gazette and WA Times Friday 16th February 1872 West Australian Friday 3rd March 1882 – page 2 The Age Friday 5th July 1901 – page 8 Funeral Notice The Herald (Melbourne, Victoria) Friday 5th July 1901 – page 1 Death of Peter Starkey |
| Departure from Western Australia | Pension paid in Victoria from 1st October 1886: not known how and when Peter Starkey left Western Australia |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial | 3rd July 1901 5 Pilgrim Street Footscray Victoria Melbourne General Cemetery |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife | 1901 Hotham West Victoria Australia Not yet known |
| Will or Probate | None known |
| Further Information | Discharge: Severe wound at the final attack on the Redan 8 September 1855. British Army Worldwide Index 1851 Peter Starkey, 2482, Private, 41st, Location Cork, Ireland & at sea. WO12/5447 AJCP reel 1634 Piece 129 part 2 page 293 Peter Starkey nominated his sister-in-law Catherine Keleen (sic) aged 20 living St. Clare Convent, Galway as a government Immigrant. In 1865 Peter Starky (sic) went to Camden Harbour as a blacksmith, his wife did not accompany him and he is recorded as being a single man. In 1881 Peter applied for the grant of £15 for building his house but was refused as it was built on private land. A Magisterial Inquiry was held into Peter Starkey’s death found he died of acute alcoholism |