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| Name | WHELAN – Thomas |
|---|---|
| Regiment (s) | 13th Regiment |
| Regiment No (s) | 2082 |
| Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation | 9th April 1845 / 17 years 2 months / Dublin Dublin Ireland Labourer |
| Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars | 5 Ft 9 in Fresh / Grey / Brown / Wounded in the head in the trenches before Sebastopol |
| Overseas Service | Gibraltar – 4 years Crimea – 1 year Gibraltar – 3 months Cape of Good Hope – 1 year 4 months East Indies – 6 years |
| Length of Service | 18 years 224 days |
| Rank/Date/Place of Discharge | Private / 24th September 1864 / Dover Kent England |
| Campaign Medals | Crimean War Medal with Sebastopol Clasp Turkish Crimean War Medal Indian Mutiny Medal |
| Residence at Discharge | Banagher Kings (now Offaly) Ireland |
| Pension Districts | 1864 Birr 1865 1st Liverpool 1865 2nd Liverpool 1867 Tilbury Fort 1868 – 1895 Western Australia |
| Pension Paid | 8d per diem 1878 Increased to 1/0d per diem for service in Enrolled Force |
| Date of Departure and Place UK or Ireland | 12th October 1867 Portland England |
| Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia | HOUGOUMONT 9th January 1868 |
| Date/Place of Birth | c1828 Castledermott Kildare 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 | DONOGHUE Bridget nee MURPHY c1841 Kerry, Ireland |
| Date/Place of Marriage | 14th August 1871 Fremantle Western Australia |
| Children by 1st wife | Thomas Francis B 1872 Fremantle Western Australia M NEWARK Emma Winifred 1897 Fremantle Western Australia D 17th July 1903 Owens Anchorage Western Australia – Robb’s Jetty Explosion bur Roman Catholic Section Fremantle Cemetery Western Australia Mary Josephine B 1875 Fremantle Western Australia D 25th August 1896 Fremantle Western Australia (Whalen) Commemorated headstone Roman Catholic Section Fremantle Cemetery Western Australia Margaret Helen or Ellen B c1875 Western Australia M HUME John Samuel Peter 1900 Fremantle Western Australia D 5th September 1955 Beaconsfield Western Australia bur Anglican Section Fremantle Cemetery Western Australia Patrick William B 1880 North Fremantle Western Australia M EDWARDS Elsie Jane 1908 Geraldton Western Australia D 25th September 1960 Geraldton Western Australia bur Roman Catholic section Utakarra Cemetery Geraldton Western Australia Catherine Mary Teresa B 1884 Western Australia D c1888 Western Australia Originally buried Skinner Street Cemetery 13th May 1888 commemorated headstone Roman Catholic Section Fremantle Cemetery Western Australia |
| Father of 1st Wife Date/Place of Birth | MURPHY Thomas |
| Mother of 1st Wife Date/Place of Birth Marriage | COFFEY Unknown |
| 1st Husband of wife | DONOGHUE Timothy – HEIC arrived BELGRAVIA 1866 D 10th July 1870 Western Australia |
| Date/Place of Marriage | Not yet known |
| Children of 1st Husband | John James B 1866 M MATHIESON Sarah Jane 1887 Fremantle D 15 January 1939 Subiaco, Western Australia Buried Karrakatta Cemetery aged 73 (Warder at Rottnest 1910) Michael B Not yet known D possibly 1919 East Coolgardie, Western Australia Patrick B 14th May 1867 Fremantle Western Australia D 1868 Fremantle Western Australia Timothy (twin) B 27th January 1869 Fremantle Western Australia D January 1869 Fremantle Western Australia Thomas (twin) B 27th January 1869 Fremantle Western Australia D January 1869 Fremantle Western Australia Mary B 9th May 1870 Fremantle Western Australia D August 1870 Fremantle Western Australia |
| Land Grants Western Australia | North Fremantle Lot 24P 1 acre |
| Occupation after Arrival | Not yet known |
| Newspaper Articles | The West Australian Tuesday 15 May 1888 page 3 death of Catherine The West Australian 12th June 1895 – page 4 The West Australian 8th June 1895 – page 4 The Daily News Wed 29 Jul 1903 Robbs Jetty Explosion Inquest death of Thomas Whelan The Daily News Wednesday 21 September 1921 page 3 Obituary Bridget |
| Departure from Western Australia | Not Applicable |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial | 7th June 1895 Fremantle Western Australia Bur St. Patrick’s Cemetery, Skinner Street Cemetery Fremantle Western Australia commemorated headstone Roman Catholic Section Fremantle Cemetery Western Australia |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial – Wife | 18th September 1921 Fremantle Western Australia Roman Catholic Section Fremantle Cemetery Western Australia |
| Will or Probate | None Located |
| Further Information | British Army, Worldwide Index: 1851 Thomas Whealan (sic) 2082 Private 13th regiment location Stirling Scotland and Manchester 1861 Thos Whelan 2082 Private 13th regiment location Gondah E. Indies Thomas was wounded in the head by a splinter of a shell in the trenches before Sebastopol 7th September 1855 Discharge: Due to chronic bronchitis/pulmonary consumption Although originally buried at the Skinner Street Cemetery the graves of Timothy Donoghue and 4 of his children together with Thomas Whelan and one child were exhumed from Skinner Street Cemetery and reinterred in a communal grave at the Fremantle Cemetery with a commemorative headstone to which Bridget Whelan’s name was added. Headstone states O’DONOGHUE. Burial record on mcb.wa.gov.au show names of DONOHUE children Patrick, Timothy and Mary buried same grave although not stated on headstone. |