Click on images to view (if available) a larger image. Use your browser’s Back button to return to site.
| Name | McKEE – John |
|---|---|
| Regiment (s) | Royal Artillery: 9th Brigade 6th Feb 1837 – 30th Apr 1859 3rd Brigade 1st May 1859 – 21st May 1861. |
| Regiment Number (s) | 9 |
| Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation | 6th February 1837 / 14 years 9 months / Woolwich Kent England Shoemaker |
| Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars | 5 Ft 7 in Fresh / Grey / Brown / None |
| Overseas Service/Duration | Mauritius – 8 years 7 month Crimea – 1 year |
| Length of Service | 21 years 16 days |
| Rank/Date/Place of Discharge | Gunner / 21st May 1861 / Woolwich Kent England |
| Campaign Medals | Not yet known. |
| Intended Residence at Discharge | Not Yet Known |
| Pension Districts | 1861 Woolwich 1862 Tilbury 1862-1865 Western Australia 1866-1912 South Australia |
| Pension Paid | 11d per diem 1907 Increased to 1/0d per diem |
| Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland | 8th October 1862 Portland England |
| Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia | YORK 31st December 1862 |
| Date/Place of Birth | 9th May 1822 Woolwich Kent England |
| Date/Place of Baptism | 5th July 1822 Scots Church |
| Father Date/Place of Birth | MCKEE Alexander – Gunner Royal Artillery Not yet known |
| Mother Date/Place of Birth Marriage | UNKNOWN Catherine Not Yet Known |
| Siblings | Not Yet Known |
| 1st Wife Date of Birth or Baptism | NOLAN Margaret 1835 Not yet known |
| Date/Place of Marriage | Not yet known |
| Children by 1st Wife | Margaret B 23rd June 1857 Devon Bp 3rd August 1857 Plymouth Cathedral Church of St. Mary & Boniface D 11th January 1924 North Adelaide South Australia William J B 10th October 1859 Devon England Bp 7th December Garrison Barracks (Granby Barracks) Devonport Devon England D 18th June 1903 Parkside Adelaide South Australia Alexander Michael B 4th Qtr 1861 Greenwich, London M COLLEDGE Helen Hunter 5th January 1888 St Bartholomew’s Norwood, Adelaide South Australia D 23rd April 1911 Adelaide South Australia George B 16th September 1867 Adelaide South Australia M KOERNER Ida 21st April 1892 Kent Town Norwood South Australia D 17th August 1939 Adelaide South Australia Mary Jane B 26th April 1870 South Australia M SPRY Louis 30th April 1924 Adelaide South Australia D 15th April 1936 / Mitcham, Adelaide South Australia (Funeral Notice said she was Jean.) |
| Father of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth | Not yet known |
| Mother of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth Marriage | Not yet known |
| Land Grants Western Australia | Not applicable |
| Occupation after Arrival | Not yet known |
| Newspaper Articles | Perth Gazette and West Australian Times – Friday 13th October 1865 – page 2 – to Adelaide on David and Jessie Express and Telegraph – Wednesday 13th January 1875 – page 2 – John assaulted Margaret Chronicle – Saturday 7th February 1903 – page 25 – death of Margaret McKee (For years after her death a memorial notice was inserted in the Newspapers) The Advertiser Tuesday 25th April 1911 page 2 funeral notice of Stephen Alexander McKee Advertiser 15th August 1912 – page 2 – funeral John McKEE Advertiser 15th August 1912 – page 2 – death George McKEE Observer Saturday 24th August 1912 – page 41 – obituary John McKEE Chronicle Saturday 24th August 1912 – page 42 – obituary John McKEE Chronicle Saturday 19th January 1924 – page 35 – death of Margaret McKEE |
| Departure from Western Australia | 13 October 1865 to Adelaide, “David and Jessie” |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial | 14th August 1912 Adelaide South Australia Not yet known |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife | 31st January 1903 Adelaide South Australia Not yet known |
| Will or Probate | None known |
| Further Information | 1841 British Army World Wide Index shows John with the 9th Battalion Royal Artillery 5th Company at Mauritius 1851 British Army World Wide Index shows John with the 9th Battalion Royal Artillery 5th Company at Woolwich England 1861 British Army World Wide Index shows John with the 3rd Brigade Royal Artillery 5th Company at Woolwich Shoeburyness Plymouth England Line break In the 1851 Census of England Woolwich Kent John McKee, Soldier, single, 28, born Kent, Woolwich John McKee was admitted to the (Royal) Adelaide hospital on 12th December 1887, at the time he was age 66, a married man, religion Church of England living at Pulteney St., a bootmaker born Kent, who had been 22 years in Colony, arriving on the ship David Jessie.(sic) |