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Name | TOBIN – John |
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Regiment (s) | 6th 40th and 29th Regiment |
Regiment Number (s) | 751 – 6th Regiment 1011 – 40th Regiment 2175 – 29th Regiment |
Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation | 7th April 1827 / 20 years / Dublin Ireland (6th Regiment) Servant |
Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars | 5 Ft 9 in Fair / Grey / Sandy / Physical disability caused by severe gunshot wound of left leg |
Overseas Service/Duration | East Indies – 20 years 3 months |
Length of Service | 22 years 66 days |
Rank/Date/Place of Discharge | Corporal / 28th August 1849 / Chatham Kent England |
Campaign Medals | Not yet known |
Intended Residence at Discharge | Queen’s Street Dublin Ireland |
Pension Districts | 1849 1st Dublin 1853 Western Australia 1858 South Australia 1860 Transfer to Victoria but pension not paid in Victoria 1860 1st Dublin |
Pension Paid | 1/3d per diem |
Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland | 2nd February 1853 Portsmouth England |
Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia | PYRENEES 30th April 1853 |
Date/Place of Birth | c1807 Dublin Ireland |
Date/Place of Baptism | 18th April 1807 St Michan’s Dublin Ireland |
Father Date/Place of Birth | TOBIN Luke Not yet known |
Mother Date/Place of Birth Marriage | TULLY Catherine Not yet known Not yet known |
Siblings | Not yet known |
1st Wife Date of Birth or Baptism | KELLY Catherine Not yet known |
Date/Place of Marriage | Not yet known |
Children by 1st Wife | Henry B 1854 Western Australia bap Fremantle RC Western Australia D Not yet known Catherine B 1858 Western Australia bap Fremantle RC Western Australia D Not yet known UNKNOWN Child mentioned in departure from Western Australia 17th March 1858 |
Land Grants Western Australia | None |
Occupation after Arrival | 27th September 1854 appointed to Convict Establishment without sanction of his Commanding Officer (Bicentennial Dictionary) |
Newspaper Articles | Adelaide Observer Saturday 3rd April 1858 page 15 |
Departure from Western Australia | 17th March 1858 departed with wife and three children for Adelaide per Champion |
Date/Place of Death/Burial | 29th June 1862 Dublin Ireland (Tentative) |
Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife | Not yet known |
Will or Probate | None known |
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