Redcoats Who Died in Service
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The following Redcoats died in the Colony while still serving in the Army. In some ways they also ‘settled’ in Western Australia in that it became their permanent home. Dates of death or burial tend to be somewhat ‘fluid’. However, in most instances the WO12 Army Musters & Pay Lists have been used as the preferred source.





July 1862 [excerpt Perth Gazette]
Surname | Forename | Rank | Regiment | Date of Death or Burial | Place of Death | Cause of Death |
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Armstrong | Charles Frederick | Lieutenant | 21st Foot | 26 Aug 1838 | Vasse | Exposure in the bush |
Astley | Daniel | Private | 51st Foot | 04 May 1844 | Pinjarrah | Apoplexy |
Banks | William | Private | 39th Foot | 08 Mar 1827 | King George Sound | Not recorded |
Barnett | Andrew | Private | 63rd Foot | 22 Jan 1830 | Perth | Not recorded |
Barry | James | Private | 21st Foot | 02 Jul 1839 | Perth | Abscess on the lungs |
Beecham | P William | Private | 96th Foot | Nov 1847 | York | Drowned [Erickson only not on 96th Pay List] |
Brady | James | Private | 21st Foot | 28 Jan 1839 | Pinjarrah | Suffocation – swallowed a live fish |
Brooke | James | Private | 51st Foot | 25 Apr 1845 | Perth | Cancer of the stomach |
Brown | Alexander | Colour Sergeant | 99th Foot | 07 Nov 1851 | Perth | |
Brown | George | Private | 96th Foot | 19 Dec 1847 | Australind/Bunbury | Drowned |
Budge | George | Private | 63rd Foot | 06 Aug 1832 | Murray River | Killed by Aborigines |
Burke | Francis | Private | 63rd Foot | 15 Feb 1830 | Perth | In hospital |
Burke | Walter | Private | 63rd Foot | 24 Apr 1831 | Cockburn Sound | Drowned |
Carroll | Thomas | Private | 51st Foot | 19 Jan 1845 | Perth | Not recorded |
Clayton | John | Private | 51st Foot | 23 Feb 1841 | Lost in bush | |
Collie | Alexander | Surgeon | RN | 11Nov 1836 | Albany | Tuberculosis |
Conway | Michael | Sergeant | 21st Foot | 05 Dec 1835 | Albany | Drowned |
Cowell | Robert | Private | 51st Foot | 07 Nov 1840 | Lost in bush | |
Crear | William | Private | 21st Foot | 19 Aug 1834 | Perth | Accidentally killed |
Dalton | John | Private | 51st Foot | 18 Aug 1846 | York | Drowned crossing Avon |
Daniell | Richard | Captain | 21st Foot | 07 Aug 1835 | Perth | Apoplexy |
Denham | William | Private | 96th Foot | 10 Oct 1847 | York | Drowned |
Donnegan | John | Private | 12th Foot | 13 Nov 1858 | Perth | Not recorded |
Duffett | James | Private | 51st Foot | 26 Dec 1845 | Bunbury | Suicide |
Emery | Thomas | Private | 99th Foot | 01 Jan 1856 | Perth | Not recorded |
Farmer | Thomas | Private | 63rd Foot | 23 Feb 1832 | Swan River | Drowned – flats above Perth |
Fitzpatrick | Thomas | Private | 21st Foot | 13 May 1839 | Perth | General Debility |
Flynn | John | Private | 12th Foot | 14 Apr 1858 | Perth | In hospital |
Franklin | John | Private | 96th Foot | 10 Sep 1848 | Murray | Drowned |
Gilbert | John | Private | 21st Foot | 19 Sep 1833 | Perth | Not recorded |
Godfrey | John | Private | 63rd Foot | 10 Nov 1829 | Fremantle | Drowned |
Grant | William | Private | 99th Foot | 25 Apr 1849 | Perth | Fever |
Green | Isaac | Private | 21st Foot | 27 May 1837 | Beverley | Spear wounds |
Hickman | Henry | Private | 63rd Foot | 09 Jun 1831 | Perth | In hospital |
Hoften | Richard | Private | 51st Foot | 05 Apr 1841 | Pinjarrah | |
Holden | William | Colour Sergeant | 51st Foot | 14 Oct 1840 | At Sea Champion | Drowned |
Horan | James | Private | 99th Foot | 02 Dec 1850 | Perth | Not recorded |
Jeffrey | James | Private | 12th Foot | 10 Dec 1856 | Unknown | Drowned |
Jones | Thomas | Private | 63rd Foot | 23 Apr 1831 | King George Sound | Not recorded |
Jones | George | Private | 21st Foot | 17 Jan 1834 | Albany | Suffocation in black hole |
Larkin | Denis | Private | 21st Foot | 04 May 1834 | Upper Swan | Speared by natives |
Mabbott | George | Private | 51st Foot | 25 Dec 1843 | York | Drowned |
Magill | John Napier | Lieutenant | 96th Foot | 31 May 1848 | Guildford | Lost in bush and perished |
Maloney | Edward | Private | 63rd Foot | 01 May 1831 | Perth | Found dead in Barracks |
Maybey | George | Private | 12th Foot | 10 Jun 1861 | Perth | In hospital |
McDermott | Edward | Private | 99th Foot | 05 Jun 1853 | Perth | In hospital |
McDermott-Roe | Edward | Private | 21st Foot | 05 Apr 1834 | Perth | Phthisis Pulmonalis |
McDonnell | John | Private | 21st Foot | 02 Oct 1833 | Perth | Not recorded |
McKay | John | Private | 21st Foot | 10 Apr 1838 | Perth | Suicide by drowning |
McLaughlan | John | Private | 21st Foot | 31 Dec 1836 | Coulston, Upper Swan | Drowned |
McMahon | Michael | Private | 63rd Foot | 10 May 1830 | Swan River | Not recorded |
Mitchell | John | Private | 63rd Foot | 05 Jan 1830 | Perth | Dropsy |
Moore | James | Colour Sergeant | 12th Foot | 10 Jun 1858 | Perth | In hospital |
Murphy | Andrew | Private | 99th Foot | 31 Aug 1850 | Champion Bay | |
Nesbitt | Hugh | Private | 21st Foot | 16 Jul 1834 | Murray River | Speared by natives |
Oliver | Theophilus John Henry | Lieutenant | 12th Foot | 05 Jul 1862 | Swan River | Drowned |
Phillips | George | Private | 99th Foot | 21 Feb 1853 | Perth | Accidentally shot |
Riddle | Robert | Private | 21st Foot | 07 Mar 1838 | Albany | Bursting blood vessel |
Rielly | John | Private | 21st Foot | 02 Jul 1837 | Perth | Suicide |
Rolles | Harry | Captain | 51st Foot | 21 Aug 1841 | Perth | Short illness not recorded |
Russell | Thomas | Private | 99th Foot | 30 Sep 1855 | Perth | Not recorded |
Ryan | Terence | Private | 63rd Foot | 04 Jan 1834 | Perth | Excessive drinking |
Schofield | Lawrence | Private | 99th Foot | 12 May 1855 | Perth | Not recorded |
Smith | Robert | Private | 21st Foot | 28 May 1838 | York | Drowned |
Starling | Abraham | Private | 12th Foot | 08 Sep 1857 | Perth | Heart attack |
Steel | William | Private | 63rd Foot | 19 Jan 1833 | Perth | Suffocation – excessive drinking |
Turnbull | John | Private | 51st Foot | 24 Nov 1843 | Upper Swan – On Command | Drowned |
Walsh | Michael | Private | 51st Foot | 10 Mar 1845 | York | Not recorded |
Williams | William | Private | 21st Foot | 03 Jul 1835 | Kelmscott | Not recorded |
Woolfall | John | Private | 51st Foot | 02 Mar 1841 | King George Sound | Not recorded |
Yates | Samuel | Private | 12th Foot | 15 Jan 1859 | Perth | Not recorded |