WALSH – Thomas 50th and 96th Regiment – Enrolled Pensioner Force WA

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Name	WALSH – Thomas
Regiment (s)	50th and 96th Regiment
Regiment Number (s)	1445 – 96th Regiment 657 – 50th Regiment
Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation	20th July 1826 / 16 years / Cork Ireland Labourer
Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars	5 Ft 7 in Fair / Grey / Sandy / None
Overseas Service/Duration	Australia – 14 years 11 months Bengal – 1 year 7 months
Length of Service	23 years 67 days
Rank/Date/Place of Discharge	Sergeant / 23rd September 1851 / Chatham England
Campaign Medals	Not yet known
Intended Residence at Discharge	Cork Ireland
Pension Districts	1851 1st Cork 1853 Tilbury Fort 1853 – 1883 Western Australia
Pension Paid	2/0d 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	c1810 Youghal Cork 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
1^st Wife Date of Birth or Baptism	DONAHAR / O’DONOGHUE Ann c1828 Ireland
Date/Place of Marriage	1842 St Mary’s (RC) Sydney New South Wales
Children by 1^st Wife	Mary Ann Catherine bap 1846 St James (RC) Sydney New South Wales M1 MORRISSEY Patrick 26th October 1861 Greenough Western Australia M2 EAKINS Samuel 5th November 1870 Greenough, Western Australia D 26th April 1874 Mount Hill Victoria District (south of Greenough) Western Australia bur Greenough Cemetery Western Australia Henrietta Alice B c1853 at sea (possibly aboard Pyrenees II) M PEARSON Robert Blackett 31st May 1869 Greenough Western Australia D 26th January 1876 Greenough Western Australia bur Greenough Pioneer Cemetery Western Australia Ester (sic) Matilda B 17th April 1854 Western Australia bap 24th May 1854 Guildford Western Australia D 1864 Mount Hill Western Australia bur Greenough Pioneer Cemetery Western Australia Louisa Teresa Maria B 29th March 1857 Western Australia bap 11th April 1857 Perth West Australia M WILLIAMS Thomas Christopher 11th May 1880 St Francis Xavier RC Geraldton Western Australia D 21st June 1938 Northampton Western Australia bur Northampton Cemetery Western Australia Patrick B c1860 D 21st March 1887 Western Australia bur Urch Street Cemetery now Apex Park Geraldton Western Australia
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	None
Occupation after Arrival	Police Man Publican Farmer
Newspaper Articles	The Daily News Perth 7th May – 1883 page 3 Victorian Express Geraldton -9th May 1883 page 2-3 and 9th July 1884 page 2
Departure from Western Australia	Not applicable
Date/Place of Death/Burial	2nd May 1883 Geraldton Western Australia 3rd May 1883 Urch Street Cemetery now Apex Park Western Australia
Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife	29th June 1884 Geraldton Western Australia 1st July 1884 Urch Street Cemetery now Apex Park Geraldton Western Australia
Will or Probate	SROWA Cons 3403 1883/687 Thomas Walsh left a very detailed will leaving everything to his wife Ann during her lifetime and after her death it was to go to his daughter Louisa Williams wife of Thomas Christopher Williams. His granddaughter Mary Jane Morrissey was to have a gratuity of £50 for 6 years from the time of his wife’s death. (No indication of the value of the estate)
Further Information	Thomas Walsh was the Sergeant Major aboard the Pyrenees in charge of the Convict guard and the surgeon considered it was due to the sergeant major’s good management that the Guards conduct was extremely satisfactory Surgeon’s Sick List Pyrenees: 24th March 1853 Mary Ann Walsh age 8 remitted fever Other numerous newspaper references to Thomas Walsh and family