Redcoats Who Died in Service – Redcoat Settlers in Western Australia

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.

William Banks 39th Regiment Memorial Plaque at Albany

Records of the first four burials in the Swan River Colony – three of which are soldiers in the 63rd Regiment of Foot [FSLDS Film 720553-190]

Lieutenant Theophilus Oliver’s Funeral
July 1862 [excerpt *Perth Gazette*]

Three untimely deaths of 63rd Regiment troops [WO12-7263-161]

Private James Brady, 21st Regiment – a bizarre death [*Perth Gazette* 2 Feb 1839]

Surname	Forename	Rank	Regiment	Date of Death or Burial	Place of Death	Cause of Death
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

Redcoat Settlers in Western Australia 1826-1869