PERSONAL DETAILS
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.
Death date and place
Burial date and place
Will and Probate
Death Notices
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).
Promotions
Medals, Clasps and Badges
Other Awards & Prizes
Casualty/Medical
Courts Martial (and type)
Discharge date and place
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.