Beatty, John Bateman

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PERSONAL DETAILS
Name/AliasJohn Bateman BEATTY (Beattie)
Birth date and place10 Oct 1826 Fahan, Donegal, Ireland.
Baptism date and place
Civil Census Residences
TradeMiner.
Physical DescriptionHeight: 5 ft. 8¼ ins. Complexion: fair. Eyes: blue. Hair: light brown.
Marriage date and placeQ4 1848 Whitby, Yorkshire.
SpouseHannah ORINGE (Gringe, Orange, Grange).
ChildrenJohn Oringe b. 1850, Woolwich, Kent.
Ezekiel b. 1857, Fremantle, Western Australia.
Mary Ann Jane b. 1861, Fremantle, Western Australia.
Death date and place29 Oct 1877  Fremantle, Western Australia.
Burial date and placeOctober 1877 Skinner Street Cemetery, Fremantle, Western Australia.
Will and ProbateNone.
Death/Funeral NoticesFremantle Herald 3 Nov 1877.
West Australian Times 9 Nov 1877.
ARMY SERVICE DETAILS
Corps and CompanyRoyal Engineers 20th Company (formerly Royal Sappers & Miners).
Service No. and Rank#1089 Sapper.
Attestation date and place26 Nov 1845 Devonport, Devon.
Service/CampaignsWestern Australia, 10 years 4 months.
MustersWO11-124 10th Company, Woolwich (1851).
WO11-130 (1851) to WO11-199 (1861) Western Australia.
Promotions None.
Medals, Clasps and Badges Three Good Conduct Badges.
Casualty/Medical None.
Courts Martial None.
Discharge date and place21 Dec 1861 Fremantle, Western Australia..
Length of Service16 years 26 days.
Chelsea Pension ReferenceNo Chelsea Pension WO97 records extant.
WO131-0042 Deferred Pension. Examination May 1862.
Post Discharge ResidenceFremantle, Western Australia.
Pension DistrictNot applicable.
PensionDeferred Pension at age 60 with gratuity.
ARRIVAL IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA
ShipAnna Robertson.
Departure and Arrival datesDep. Woolwich 10 Sep 1851.  Arr. Fremantle 18 Dec 1851.
Occupations post-arrival in WAInstructing Warder [Barker p.13-14].
North Fremantle Convict Depot Nov 1852 to Aug 1853.
Temporary Medical Dispenser, Fremantle Prison Surgery 1873.
Fremantle Druggist 1873-1877.
Extractor of Teeth.
Land AcquisitionQualified for £10 remission on 20 acres, Freshwater Bay [Erickson p.179 WA Bicentennial Dictionary].
Ship ex-WANot applicable.
Departure date and destinationNot applicable.