TONRY / TOAMY / TOMY – William 19th Regiment

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Name	TONRY / TOAMY / TOMY – William
Regiment (s)	19th Regiment
Regiment Number (s)	2387
Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation	19th October 1848 / 24 years / Castlebar Mayo Ireland Labourer and Painter
Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars	6 Ft Fresh / grey / Light brown / Gunshot wounds to calf, left knee and back
Overseas Service/Duration	Crimea – no time given
Length of Service	6 years 279 days
Rank/Date/Place of Discharge	Private / 24th July 1855 / Chatham Kent England
Campaign Medals	Crimea Medal with Alma clasp Turkish Crimea Medal
Intended Residence at Discharge	Not stated
Pension Districts	1855-1857 Roscommon 1857 2nd West London 1861 Montreal 1862 1st East London 1862 Tilbury 1862-1865 Western Australia 1865 Adelaide 1868-1873 Melbourne Victoria 1873-1879 Adelaide South Australia (living in Narracoorte in 1873)
Pension Paid	9d per diem
Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland	16th March 1862 Portland Dorset England
Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia	NORWOOD 9th June 1862
Date/Place of Birth	1824 Kilglass Strokestown Roscommon Ireland
Date/Place of Baptism	Not yet known
Father Date/Place of Birth	TONRY James Not yet known
Mother Date/Place of Birth Marriage	UNKNOWN Margaret Not yet known
Siblings	Not yet known
1^st Wife Date of Birth or Baptism	UNKNOWN
Date/Place of Marriage	Not applicable
Children by 1^st Wife	Not applicable
Land Grants Western Australia	None
Occupation after Arrival	Not yet known
Newspaper Articles	Not yet known
Departure from Western Australia	Left sometime in 1865 – 1866 by unknown ship
Date/Place of Death/Burial	Not yet known
Will or Probate	None known
Further Information	Discharge due to wound received at Alma by severe canister shot to right leg resulting in lameness In 1878 William Tonry was charged with being drunk in a public place and using indecent language and fined 20 shillings or one week in gaol. William Tonry was admitted twice to the (Royal) Adelaide hospital, firstly on 29th December 1874. His record said he was 48 years of age, a widower, Roman Catholic, residing at Unley, born Roscommon and had been 16 years in the Colony and had arrived on the Gem. The second time on 8th July 1887 he was age 60, a widower, a Roman Catholic and a labourer. By this time he was living at Virginia and had been born Ireland and had been 22 years in the Colony and once more he had arrived on the Gem. The National Archives Transfer of Pensioner entry said he was paid in South Australia 1868 to 1870, paid Melbourne 1870 to December 1874 when he transferred to Narracoote SA where he died 18th March 1874, however, the Adelaide hospital entries were dated December 1874 and July 1887. The National Archives also said he was a single man when his hospital admissions say he was a widower. No death in South Australia has been found.