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On this page we have our research about EPGs in separate sections, just scroll down:
- 20 Years of Enrolled Pensioner Guard Gazettes to download
- Western Australian Locations
- Background to the Enrolled Pensioner Force
- EPGs as Police
- EPGs at War
- Stories about EPGs and their Families
- Web sites to help your research
- EPG Descendants of Note e.g. Geoff Gallop, Darren Glass and Heath Ledger
- EPG Uniforms
ENROLLED PENSIONER GUARD GAZETTES – 20 YEARS 0F HISTORY
For 20 years the Enrolled Pensioner Guard Special Interest Group has published 4 Gazettes per annum … a rich treasure trove of articles, research and activities. The Gazettes are presented below in order of year published – click to download:
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
Index 2000 – 2015
WESTERN AUSTRALIAN LOCATIONS
- Barracks Arch Open House and History
- Bassendean Pensioner Cottage sale preserves its future
- Butler’s Swamp by Anne Kidd
- Citation 2009 on East Perth Cemetery to Royal WA Historical Society by Gillian O’Mara
- Claremont Pensioner Guard Village by Jeanette Lee
- East Perth Cemetery by Jean McDonald
- Enrolled Pensioner Cottage Bassendean
- EPG Hospital Site – Secret Tunnels or not – some history articles from the West Australian 1934-1939
- Fire at Pensioners Barracks
- Fremantle Invalid Depot History from website: Fremantle Stuff
- Mount Eliza Depot
- Northam History Safari by Jeanette Lee
- Old Barracks by J.S. Battye
- Pensioner Barracks Fremantle by Jean McDonald
- Port Gregory / Lynton from Northampton Historical Society
- Skinner St Cemetery and Church of England Registers
- EPG Gazette April 2005 Vol 6 No 2 letter from Richard Daley to Sergt Conley 1865 conditions at Camden Harbour
BACKGROUND TO THE ENROLLED PENSIONER FORCE
- Joe Average – What was the average Enrolled Pensioner Guard like ?
- Tilbury Fort
- Background to the Arrival of the EPG by Peter Conole
- The Pension System – By Friends Remembered by Peter Conole
- Charitable Soldiers – Relief Funds by Ron Sutton
- Notice to Pensioners Serving in the Colonies – Jeanette Lee
- Aussie Rules and the EPG in 1868 by Jean McDonald
- EPF Disbanded 1887 and Enrolled Guard 1880-1887 Formation to Disbandment
- Conditions and Future Prospects of Pensioners – Newspaper Articles 1864 from April 2013
- EPG Soldiers Account Book – Going to Pension by Jeanette Lee
- Why Transportation Ceased – Sunday Times Sunday 3 August 1902 page 4
- The Enrolled Pensioner Guard – The Perth Gazette and West Australian Times Friday 11 November 1864 page 2 and 3
- Our First Army – Report on EPG – West Australian Thursday 20 December 1928 page 24 by Colonel Collett
- History of the EPG – The Daily News Saturday 16 June 1934 page 14
- Enrolled Guard details on disbandment – The Inquirer & Commercial News Wednesday 6 April 1887 page 5
- Pensioners Return 1868 – Status
PENSIONERS AS POLICE:
- Did Your Guard Serve in the Police by Peter Conole and Jean McDonald
- Class of 1851 – EPFs Who became Constables by Peter Conole and Jean McDonald
- Class of 1852 – EPFs Who became Constables by Peter Conole and Jean McDonald
- Class of 1853 – EPFs Who became Constables by Peter Conole and Jean McDonald
- Into the Blue (Police) after the Crimea by Peter Conole and Diane Oldman
SOMETHING INTERESTING
- Anna and the King by Sue White
- The Formation of the EPG SIG by Jean McDonald
- Catalpa – The Fenian Escape by Peter Conole and Jean McDonald
- To be or not to be an EPG – Murder on the Runnymede 1856
- Pensions – Were they Beer Money?
- The 61 Enrolled Pensioner Guards not on Convict Ships
ENROLLED PENSIONER GUARDS AT WAR
- Did Your Man Earn a Campaign Medal? by Ron Sutton
- Five Forgotten Crimean War Medals by Peter Conole
- Dragoons or Lancers by Ron Sutton
- Siege of Lucknow by Ron Sutton
- Relief of Lucknow 1857 by Ron Sutton
- Afghan Wars: The Kyber Pass by Ron Sutton
- The First Opium War by Ron Sutton
- First Sikh War – Military Pensioners in WA by Peter Conole
- Our First Army – Address by Colonel Collett
- Red Feathers – the 46th Regiment by Jean McDonald and Peter Conole
- EPGs and New Zealand Wars by Jeanette Lee
- Small Arms of the EPF by Stan Gratte of Walkaway Museum
- 50 Year Anniversary – 16 November 1907 The Herald WA Indian Mutiny
STORIES ABOUT ENROLLED PENSIONER GUARD AND THEIR FAMILIES (ALPHABETICAL)
- James Adlam the Pound keeper
- Joseph Adlam April 2012 EPG Gazette
- George Bagg by Marion Cull 2009 October EPG Gazette
- Thomas Bryan and Family – Strike up the Band EPG_2008_-Vol_9_1_jan
- A Nonogenerian Looks Back – David Butchart circa 1929 – contributed by Debbie Stirk – January 2012 EPG Gazette
- The Girl and the Army! Behind many good men was an even stronger womam – wife of EPG William Butler – Mary Polson
- James and Cornellius Callaghan or O’Callaghan – Are they brothers by Richard O’Callaghan EPG Gazette October 2011
- Our only Aussie born Enrolled Pensioner Guard – John Carroll
- Michael Carroll Rifle Brigade by Terry Carroll EPG Gazette 2002 No 2
- Mary Carson Midwife – m James Carson by Jean McDonald October 2010 EPG Gazette
- George Clark by Daryl Nelson July 2012 EPG Gazette
- Clayton John EPG_2006_-_Vol_7-4__Oct
- James Connor EIC and sons – Peter Conole and Jean McDonald July 2009 EPG Gazette
- Farrell Cornelly by Lauren Shannon January 2014 EPG Gazette
- John Wood Coulson and his Attestation Papers
- Henry and Sarah Critch
- James Fallon Saved by an Emu by Jeanette Lee 2015 3 Newsletter January 2015 Vol 15 No 3
- Finlay William EPG_2006_-_Vol_7-1__Jan and
- William Finlay’s Son EPG_2008_-Vol_9_4_Oct
- Family history – Richard Flanagan by Peter Wagner 2019
- Sgt John Flynn by Peter Conole and Jean McDonald – July 2010 EPG Gazette
- John Gallagher’s Convict Streak!
- James Gorman by Jean McDonald and Peter Conole EPG Gazette October 2009
- How Tom Grady Cleared the Guns – Ellis Williams Poem – EPG Gazette April 2010 and
- Thomas Grady VC 2005 by Jean McDonald
- James Graham Sgt Peter Conole and Jean McDonald April 2011 EPG Gazette
- David Hackett – A boys Courage EPG Gazette 2007 No 3
- Gunner William Hardman 1807 to 1878 – An extract from the Hardman Family History by Max Hardman
- Ann Blake wife of EPG Henry Herbert
- Hill William 63rd Regiment EPG Gazette January 2005 by Jeanette Lee
- Robert Holgate EPG Gazette 2002 No 4 by Daphne Byrne and Phillippa Ward
- Edward James by Peter Conole and Diane Oldman – January 2013 EPG Gazette
- William Stewart Jones by Beryl Dancer EPG Gazette October 2011
- William Jones our man with Wellington by Jeanette Lee June 2021
- Thomas Kelly of Lincelles and Family – Peter Conole and Jean McDonald – January 2012 EPG Gazette
- John Kenny – Peter Conole and Jean McDonald – July 2011 EPG Gazette
- William Lennox by Diane Oldman and Peter Conole October 2014 EPG Gazette
- Thomas Martin by Jean McDonald February 2010 EPG Gazette
- McArdle Michael and his family – National Archives of Australia and story from Jeanette Lee c2015
- Daniel McCarthy the last EPG in WA
- Thomas and William McCreery EPG Gazette 2008 October by Peter Conole
- Thomas Minorgan by Jeffrey W Oates – 2020 and Thomas Minorgan EPG Gazette 2001 No 2
- Tragic Tale of Peter Millard
- Naylor Henry Dyson Talk by Stephen Anstey Perth Museum c 2012
- Patrick Neeson and Perth Town Lot L74 EPG Gazette 2017 no 3
- Francis O’Byrne Obituary The Daily News WA 21 June 1928
- Daniel O’Connell – Most Successful EPG Policeman by Peter Conole February 2009 EPG Gazette
- William Thomas Pollet by Peter Conole and Jean McDonald – April 2009 EPG Gazette
- You’ll not see nothing like the Mighty Alexander Quinn
- Robert Ramsay EPG Gazette October 2008 by Mervyn Bell Regehr
- Jeffrey Ringwood
- Robert Robertson by Jeanette Lee EPG Gazette 2018 No 4
- James Rourke – WA Quarter Sessions – February 2010 EPG Gazette submitted by Harold Coppock
- Michael Sampey and his brother the convict
- Irishman Benjamin Shemels 1832-1909
- Captain John Sheridan – The West Australian 10 Sep1936
- John Stokes – An Operation Delayed – by Peter Conole and Jean McDonald – February 2010 EPG Gazette
- John Sullivan EPG Gazette October 2007 by Peter Conole
- One Son Makes Good – an EPG Tale of Alexander Sutherland – FHWA EPG SIG – 2021 14 January
- Samuel Sutton – by Ron Sutton July 2009 EPG Gazette
- Pensioner Guards and Waterloo – Edward Tierney – by Jeanette Lee June 2021
- Mathias Jeremiah Tuohill by Jeanette Lee EPG Gazette April 2019
- William Turner – A troubled Union
- Vagg Edward EPG Gazette January 2006 by Jean McDonald
- William White and Family – Arthur Allen by Peter Conole – 2016 Newsletter No 3 and 4
- Inspiring Poet Elizabeth Hamilton Dunlop (related to Jackson Winder)
- Jeremiah Woolhouse by Jennifer Edgar
- Animations of Guards 2 March 2021 – James Crowe, William Houstone, Thomas Minorgan, Samuel Sutton & Joseph Wright:
WEB SITES
- FamilyHistoryWA
- Crimean War Veterans WA
- East Perth Cemeteries
- Bicentennial Dictionary of Western Australia
- Metropolitan Cemeteries Perth
- Redcoat Settlers in WA
- Sappers and Miners WA
- WA Birth Death and Marriages
- WA Museum Welcome Walls
- Ancestry.com
- Find My Past
- Irish Roots
- Family Search
- Genealogy For Kids (thanks to Isaac)
EPGs AND DESCENDANTS OF NOTE (LINKED TO THEIR EPG)
- WA Premiers Geoff Gallop and George Throssell
- Midwives and Nurses of note Mary Carson, Margaret Porter and Annie Cadden
- Elizabeth Hamilton Dunlop poet and aunt of EPG Jackson Winder‘s wife
- Jane Swain Glass daughter in law of EPG Thomas Adams
- Parliamentarian Patrick Stone who married convict James Elphinstone Roe’s daughter Helen
- Michael O’Dea businessman and sportsman
- Actor Heath Ledger x 2
- Footballers Barry Cable, Darren Glass and Daniel Bandy
- William Finlay 1st Mayor Albany
- Victoria Cross EPG Tom O’Grady and Hugo Throssell
- Distinguished Conduct Medals EPGs Tom O’Grady and George Lee
- Charge of the Light Brigade – EPG Henry Dyson Naylor
- Most Successful EPG Policeman – Daniel O’Connell
- Tunney is a town located between Kojonup and Cranbrook, named after the son of EPG Sgt John Tunney
- Leighton’s Crossing named after Ann Leighton daughter-in-law of EPG John Leighton
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