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| Name | SUTHERLAND – Alexander |
|---|---|
| Regiment (s) | 24th Regiment |
| Regiment Number (s) | 2002 |
| Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation | 12th May 1841 / 18 years 7 months / Limerick Limerick Ireland Servant |
| Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars | 5 Ft 8¼ in Sallow / Grey / Dark Brown / mark on left arm where wounded by grape shot Chillianwallah |
| Overseas Service/Duration | East Indies – 17 years 10 months |
| Length of Service | 22 years 355 days |
| Rank/Date/Place of Discharge | Private / 11th October 1864 / Cork Ireland |
| Campaign Medals | Punjab Medal with Chillianwallah clasp Indian Mutiny Medal |
| Intended Residence at Discharge | Ballybricken Waterford Ireland |
| Pension Districts | 1864 Waterford 1865 1st Cork 1867 Tilbury 1867- Western Australia |
| Pension Paid | 1/0d per diem 1887 Increased to 1/6d per diem for service in Enrolled Force Western Australia |
| Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland | 18th April 1867 Portland England |
| Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia | NORWOOD 13th July 1867 |
| Date/Place of Birth | c1822 St. Leilys Limerick Limerick Ireland. (Genuki could not locate St Leily’s in Limerick or anywhere else possibly a colloquial name) |
| 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 | WALSH Honora 1846 (deduced from age declared at burial) |
| Date/Place of Marriage | M 14th August 1863 St. Patrick’s Cork City Cork Ireland |
| Children by 1st Wife | John B 4 December 1865 Bp 4th January 1866 St Mary’s Cork City Cork Ireland William B 30th June 1867 onboard “Norwood” ) D 1867 Western Australia Frances or Francis B 1868 Fremantle Western Australia D 1868 Western Australia Martin B 1868 D 1892 age 21 Buried East Perth Cemetery Alexander B 14th May 1873 Perth Western Australia M GODFREY Mabel Mary D 3rd June 1912 Perth Western Australia Bur Karrakatta Cemetery Perth WA |
| 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 | Perth Lot Y128 3 roods John Street west of Russell Square Title Application 6th April 1881 Approved 15th May 1881 Title 5/1109 |
| Occupation after Arrival | Not yet known |
| Newspaper Articles | Inquirer and Commercial News Wednesday 5th June 1878 page 1 Death of Honora Also Inquirer and Commercial News Wednesday 12th June 1878 Inquest Daily News Perth Thursday 15th May 1884 – page 3 Death in the City Daily News Saturday 17th May 1884 page 3 Letter to the Editor regarding the death of Alexander The Inquirer and Commercial News Wednesday 19th October 1892 page 5 Inquest Martin Sutherland WA Record Saturday 8th June 1912 page 11 Obituary |
| Departure from Western Australia | Not Applicable |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial | 13th May 1884 Yard of Criterion Hotel Perth Western Australia East Perth Cemeteries Western Australia |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife | 4th June 1878 Pensioners Barracks Perth Western Australia East Perth Cemeteries Western Australia |
| Will or Probate | SROWA Cons 5795/1884/05 |
| Further Information | British Army Worldwide Index 1841 Alexander Sutherland 2002 recruit 24th Foot Depot enlisted 11 March 1841 at Limerick age 18 location Kilkenny and Dublin 1851 Alexander Sutherland 2002 Private 24th Foot location Wazirabad Discharged at own request having completed 21 years ‘service In possession of 3 Good Conduct badges Wounded left arm at Chillianwallah on 13th January 1848. 2nd April 1875 Alexander having built the walls of his brick and mortar cottage to the required height on his grant Y128 requested the £15 grant to finish it. In 1880 Alexander Sutherland was on the Nominal Roll for the Enrolled Guard while his son Alexander was one of the boys in trouble for having broken panes of glass in the Barracks. After the death of Alexander Sutherland in an alley way at the back of the Criterion Hotel in Hay Street Perth the licensee was charges with having failed in his duty to protect the inebriated man from harm. Although he was personally exonerated from blame (due to being absent from the premises) he was fined the maximum amount of five pounds for not having kept trustworthy servants in his employ. At the time of Alexander’s death in 1884 his sons Alexander and Martin were in the Government Orphanage (SROWA Cons 5795/1881/05)Son Alexander age 9 was charged with pelting a church (with stones from the road) breaking the windows, he was said to be the son of a worthy pensioner and a thief and a drunkard and being out of control of his father who was a widower. He was sentenced to imprisonment for one month. The child became within the operation of the “Industrial Schools Act of 1874” and was sent to the orphanage at Subiaco for a period of four years (11th November 1883). SROWA Cons 527 1883/0008 After his father’s death it became a matter of concern that the older son Martin was selling off his father household goods while the Government was supporting his brother however as he was the heir at law he had the right. He said he had the title deeds to the town allotment held by his father. SROWA Cons 5795 1889/05 |