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| Name | WELDON – Robert |
|---|---|
| Regiment (s) | 31st Regiment |
| Regiment Number (s) | 2201 |
| Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation | 7th December 1843 / 18 years / Dublin Dublin Ireland Labourer |
| Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars | 5 Ft 7½ in Sallow / Grey / Dark Brown / Gunshot wound in left leg at Ferozeshar |
| Overseas Service/Duration | East Indies – 2 years 3 months |
| Length of Service | 3 years 282 days |
| Rank/Date/Place of Discharge | Private / 14th September 1847 / Chatham Kent England |
| Campaign Medals | Not yet known |
| Intended Residence at Discharge | Drogheda Ireland |
| Pension Districts | 1847 Drogheda 1854 Western Australia 1857 South Australia |
| Pension Paid | 8d per diem |
| Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland | 1st January 1854 Plymouth England |
| Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia | SEA PARK 5th April 1854 |
| Date/Place of Birth | c1825 St George’s Dublin Dublin 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 | BANNON Catherine Not yet known |
| Date/Place of Marriage | Not yet known |
| Children by 1st Wife | James B c 1849/1853 Ireland Patrick B 1855 Bp 15th July 1855 Fremantle WA D 12th July 1922 Eastwood, Norwood South Australia Mary B 16 March 1858 Adelaide South Australia D 1858 aged 1 Day Adelaide South Australia Robert B 30th April 1859 Adelaide South Australia Possible death 9 March 1885 age 26 Adelaide SA John B 30th May 1862 South Australia D 1888 Adelaide South Australia Catherine B 9th September 1865 Adelaide South Australia M Tonkin Richard 17th August 1891 St. Luke’s Adelaide SA |
| 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 | Not yet known |
| Newspaper Articles | South Australian Advertiser Thursday 29th January 1880 page 2 Funeral Notice Catherine Weldon |
| Departure from Western Australia | The Barque Swan sailed from Fremantle 21st August 1857 arriving Adelaide 19th September 1857 there is no passenger list for steerage listed in the various newspapers as there were from 76 to 85 passengers |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial | 27th May 1885 Adelaide South Australia (possibly) Not yet known |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife | 27 January 1880 Adelaide SA Bur West Terrace Cemetery SA |
| Will or Probate | None known |
| Further Information | Served with Army of the Sutlej in 1845 and present at the action at Moodkee entitled to a medal. Present at Ferozeshar where he was wounded. Discharge due to glandular swellings, impaired constitution and a gunshot wound to the left leg. A son James Weldon age five contracted rubella on the voyage of the Sea Park. James was admitted to the Royal Adelaide Hospital on 5th October 1865 age 12, he said he was born in Ireland Patrick Weldon was admitted to Royal Adelaide Hospital on 30th May 1901 aged 46, he said he was a married man RC, residing in Solomon Street and was a street musician and had been born in WA. Robert Weldon was admitted to the Royal Adelaide Hospital 7 times between 1874 and 1884 he lived in various location around Adelaide and said he was either a labourer or in the latter years a hawker. He said he came to SA in the Swan Son Robert was also admitted to the hospital on five occasions over the same period of time his occupation was given a bootmaker he was born in South Australia. There are many newspaper accounts of Patrick, John and son Robert’s various arrests for drunkenness and riotous behaviour as was Kate. This was an extremely poor family Kate appears to have been involved in prostitution and Patrick ended up a vagrant who they wanted to send to the asylum, all sort refuge in alcohol. Still being paid pension in South Australia in 1879. |