McHale, Thomas
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| PERSONAL DETAILS | |
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| Name/Alias | Thomas McHALE |
| Birth date and place | c. 1827 Castlebar, Mayo, Ireland. |
| Baptism date and place | |
| Civil Census Residences | Royal Sappers & Miners Barracks, Woolwich, Greenwich, Kent (1851). See Musters below (1851, 1861). |
| Trade | Tailor. |
| Physical Description | |
| Marriage date and place | 1851 Q1 Greenwich District, Kent (see sidebar). |
| Spouse | Henrietta Rebecca LIMPENNY. |
| Children | Frederick John b. 1853, Fremantle, Western Australia. John b. 1855, Fremantle, Western Australia. Henrietta b. 1856 (d.1858), Fremantle, Western Australia. Herbert Charles b. 1858, Fremantle, Western Australia. Mary Ann Frances b. 1861, Dover, Kent, England. |
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| ARMY SERVICE DETAILS | |
| Corps and Company | Royal Engineers 20th Company (formerly Royal Sappers & Miners). |
| Service No. and Rank | #993 Sapper. |
| Attestation date and place | c. 1848. |
| Service/Campaigns | Western Australia 8 years 5 months. |
| Musters | WO11-130 (1851) to WO11-172 (1860) Western Australia. WO11-193 Companies 35-38, Chatham (1861). |
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| Length of Service | |
| Chelsea Pension Reference | No Chelsea Pension WO97 records extant. |
| Post Discharge Residence | |
| ARRIVAL IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA | |
| Ship | Anna Robertson. |
| Departure and Arrival dates | Dep. Woolwich 10 Sep 1851. Arr. Fremantle 18 Dec 1851. |
| Occupations post-arrival in WA | Instructing Warder. |
| Subscriptions to Funds | Nightingale Fund 1857 (see sidebar). |
| Land Acquisition | None in Western Australia. |
| Ship ex-WA | Lord Raglan. |
| Departure date and destination | Dep. Fremantle 26 Jan 1860 for Cape of Good Hope and London. |