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William Littlejohn O'Halloran

1806 – 1885

British Army officer and public servant in South Australia

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Lived 1806 – 1885 (aged 79).

William Littlejohn O'Halloran (5 May 1806 – 15 July 1885) was a British Army officer and public servant in South Australia.

Early life and army O'Halloran was born in Ireland on 5 May 1806 (or born at Berhampore, India, and came to England in 1811) the son of Major-General Sir Joseph O'Halloran, G.C.B., a grandson of Irish surgeon Sylvester O'Halloran, and brother of Thomas Shuldham O'Halloran. He entered the army as ensign in the 14th Foot in 1823 (or 11 January 1824),

In August 1841 he was appointed a justice of the peace, appointed a member of the Audit Board in 1843, and subsequently became private secretary to Governor Sir George Grey, and clerk of the Executive Council. He was appointed Auditor-General, in succession to Francis Singleton, in 1851, and held the position till 1868, when he finally retired from the public service. Family and later life O'Halloran married in 1831 Eliza Minton, daughter of John Montague Smyth. They had two daughters and three sons, the eldest of whom, Joseph Sylvester O'Halloran was secretary to the Royal Colonial Institute.

He died on 15 July 1885.

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British Army officer and public servant in South Australia

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