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| Name | WALLACE – Arthur |
|---|---|
| Regiment (s) | 86th and 77th Regiment |
| Regiment Number (s) | 2838 – 77th |
| Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation | 2nd September 1853 / 18 years / Dublin Ireland House Painter |
| Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars | 5 Ft 6¼ in Fresh / grey / Light brown / Amputation of finger and part of thumb on right hand |
| Overseas Service/Duration | Mediterranean – 1 year 8 months Turkey and Crimea – 7 months |
| Length of Service | 2 years 108 days |
| Rank/Date/Place of Discharge | Private / 18th December 1855 / Chatham Kent England |
| Campaign Medals | Crimea War Medal with Alma and Inkermann clasps Turkish Crimea Medal |
| Intended Residence at Discharge | Dublin |
| Pension Districts | 1856 2nd Dublin District 1862 Tilbury 1862-1863 Western Australia (Tentative) |
| Pension Paid | 8d 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 | 1835 Nair (Mair) Castlepollard Westmeath Ireland |
| 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 | LYONS Bridget B c1832 Ctrstrm Ireland (on WA Death Index) |
| Date/Place of Marriage | Not yet known |
| Children by 1st Wife | Margaret B 1st August 1857 Dublin Ireland Bp 3 August 1857 St Paul’s Arran Quay Dublin Ireland D 31st August 1868 Perth Western Australia bur Roman Catholic Section East Perth Cemeteries Western Australia Patrick Michael B 8TH March 1861 Dublin (Father John Wallis) Bp 8th March 1861 St Paul’s Arran Quay Dublin Ireland D 8th August 1880 Perth Western Australia bur Roman Catholic Section East Perth Cemeteries Western Australia Martin John B 28th April 1863 Perth Western Australia bap 2nd May 1863 Perth Western Australia D 16th June 1889 Perth Western Australia bur Roman Catholic Section East Perth Cemeteries Western Australia |
| Father of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth | LYONS Martin Not yet known |
| Mother of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth Marriage | Not yet known |
| 2nd Husband of Wife | NEWELL Jeremiah |
| Date/Place of Marriage | 20th October 1866 Perth Western Australia |
| Children by 2nd Husband | Matthew James B 19th July 1867 Mary Jane B 31October 1869 Bp 1 November 1869 Perth WA |
| Land Grants Western Australia | None |
| Occupation after Arrival | Not yet known |
| Newspaper Articles | Inquirer 25th February 1863 (Lancashire Relief Fund) Inquirer 29th January 1864 (Greenough Fire Fund) West Australian 10th August 1880 (Inquest into drowning of son Patrick) |
| Departure from Western Australia | Not applicable |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial | 14 March 1865 WA – WO 23/60 Roman Catholic Section East Perth Cemeteries Western Australia |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife | 8th January 1899 Western Australia Roman Catholic Section East Perth Cemeteries Western Australia |
| Will or Probate | SROWA Cons 3403/1898/023 Bridget Newell £928 to her daughter Mary Jane Newell In her will she left the property in Smith Street Perth (Lot 61 of Perth Suburban Lot 147) to her some Matthew Newell and her personal estate to her daughter Mary Jane Newell . SROWA Cons 3458/1898/053 Martin John Wallace bootmaker of Perth left £100 to his mother Bridget Newell |
| Further Information | Discharge due to the loss by amputation of the last phalanx and part of the thumb of left hand after a gunshot wound on 11th January while on sentry duty in front of the trench at Sebastopol. The headstone at East Perth Cemetery has the date of death for Arthur Wallace as 14th March 1863 whereas the WO 23 and the Registration Index has 1865 |