Keating, Patrick
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| PERSONAL DETAILS | Patrick KEATING or KEATINGE |
|---|---|
| Birth date and Place: | 1825, County Clare, Ireland. |
| Baptism date and Place: | |
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| Occupations pre-WA: | Labourer. |
| Physical Description: | Height: 5′ 10½”. Hair: brown. Eyes: hazel. Face: oval. Complexion: dark. Build: middling stout.Distinguishing marks: scar from splinter, calf left leg. Small cut on lower lip. Cut marks on top of head. |
| Marriage date and Place: | Single. |
| Spouse: | None. |
| Children: | None. |
| Death date and Place: | 27 Jan 1874, Western Australia. Cause of death: Aneurism of the Heart. |
| Burial date and Place: | 29? Jan 1874 Skinner Street Cemetery, Fremantle, Western Australia. Private Funeral. |
| Will and Probate: | None. |
| Obituaries: | None. |
| ARMED FORCES | |
| Regiment: | 6th (Caribiniers) Dragoon Guards (tentative). 5th (Princess Charlotte of Wales’s) Dragoon Guards. |
| Regiment No. and Rank: | #957. Private (tentative). #1143. Private. |
| Attestation date and Place: | c. 1846. |
| Service/Campaigns: | Crimea. |
| Musters: | Q1 1851 Cahir, Ireland [WO12-374] Q2 1861 Aldershot, England [WO12-331]. |
| Promotions: | None. |
| Medals, Clasps and Badges: | Crimea War Medal clasps Balaklava, Inkermann, Sebastopol. Turkish Crimea Medal. Three Good Conduct Badges. |
| Casualty/Medical: | |
| Regimental Courts Martial: | |
| District Courts Martial: | |
| General Courts Martial: | 10 Aug 1866 Dublin, Ireland. |
| Discharge date and Place: | Aug 1866 Dublin, Ireland. |
| Chelsea Pension Reference: | No pension entitlement for those Court Martialled. |
| Post Discharge Residence: | Mountjoy Prison, Dublin. |
| Post Discharge Pension District: | None. |
| Pension Amount: | None. |
| CONVICTIONS | |
| Crime: | Not declaring his knowledge of an intended mutiny in her Majesty’s Forces in Ireland, and not passing this information on to his commanding officer. |
| Trial: | 10 Aug 1866 Dublin, Ireland. Laid before the Queen 13 Sep 1866. |
| Sentence: | Penal Servitude for Life. |
| Newspaper articles: | Freeman’s Journal 18, 21, 25 and 30 Aug 1866. |
| Prison and Register No.: | Mountjoy, Dublin Aug 1866. Pentonville 24 Oct 1866, #4059. Millbank 01 Nov 1866, #2553. Chatham 21 May 1867, #9034. Fremantle 10 Jan 1868, #9792. |
| ARRIVAL and LIFE IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA | |
| Ship: | Hougoumont. |
| Departure and Arrival: | 12 Oct 1867 London; 09 Jan 1868 Fremantle. |
| Status/Occupation: | Convict. |
| Convict #: | #9792. |
| Ticket of Leave: | 09 Jul 1873. |