BRITT – Patrick 87th and 90th Regiment – Enrolled Pensioner Force WA

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Name	BRITT – Patrick
Regiment (s)	87th and 90th Regiment
Regiment Number (s)	468 – 87th Regiment 809 – 90th Regiment
Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation	17 July 1827 / 18 years 4 months / Kilkenny Labourer
Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars	5 Ft 6 in Fresh / Hazel / Grey / None
Overseas Service/Duration	Ceylon – 3 years 7 months Mauritius – 3 months Cape of Good Hope – 1 year 9 months
Length of Service	21 years 72 days
Rank/Date/Place of Discharge	Private / 26th September 1848 / Chatham England
Campaign Medals	None
Intended Residence at Discharge	Kilkenny Ireland
Pension Districts	1848 Kilkenny 1850-1859/60 Western Australia 1860-1871 Victoria
Pension Paid	1/0d per diem
Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland	22nd July 1850 Portland Dorset England
Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia	HASHEMY 25th October 1850
Date/Place of Birth	c1809 St Patrick’s Kilkenny Ireland
Date/Place of Baptism	Not yet known
Father Date/Place of Birth	BRITT James
Mother Date/Place of Birth Marriage	BRENNAN Johanna
Siblings	Not yet known
1^st Wife Date of Birth or Baptism	FITZPATRICK Cecilia B 6th August 1817 Plymouth England Bap 10th August 1817 Cathedral Church of Ss Mary & Boniface Plymouth England
Date/Place of Marriage	Not yet known
Children by 1^st Wife	Henry B c1839 Portsea Island Portsmouth Hampshire England M WICKSTEAD Margaret 14th August 1860 St Francis Melbourne Victoria Australia D 22nd February 1927 Footscray Melbourne Victoria Louisa B c1847 Portsmouth England D WA before 1860 Lucy B c1848 M ROBERTS John Gay Victoria D November 1908 East Melbourne Victoria Bur 28th November Melbourne General Cemetery, Victoria Catherine B 1850 Not yet known M RYAN Martin 1872 Victoria D Not yet known Mary B c1852 Western Australia D 1853 Western Australia Sylvester B 1854 WA M Johnson Mary Ann 1881 Victoria D 17th May 1940 Newport Victoria Bur Williamstown Cemetery Victoria John B 1857 WA M STEWART Margaret 1878 Melbourne, Victoria D 9th January 1888 age 30, Footscray, Melbourne Victoria
Father of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth	FITZPATRICK Hugh
Mother of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth Marriage	REOLT Catherine
Land Grants Western Australia	None
Occupation after Arrival	1851-31 May 1859 employed in Convict Establishment
Newspaper Articles	Inquirer 30th October 1850 – page 3 Perth Gazette and Independent Journal of Political and News Shipping Intelligence 1st November 1850 – page 2 – List of Pensioners on the Hashemy named Perth Gazette and Independent Journal of Politics and News Friday 20th May 1859 page 2 Dismissal of Warder Britt The South Australian Advertiser Wednesday 7 December 1859 page 2 Passenger list Champion Leader Saturday 1st February 1879 page 4 Fatal Accident at Footscray
Departure from Western Australia	9th November 1859 left Fremantle per Champion for Adelaide
Date/Place of Death/Burial	1871 Melbourne Victoria Bur 11th December 1871Melbourne General Cemetery, Victoria.
Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife	D 27th January1879 Footscray Victoria Buried Melbourne General Cemetery
Will or Probate	None known
Further Information	British Army Worldwide index 1841 Patrick Britt 809 Private 90th Foot depot Tralee Discharge due to dyspepsia and severe palpitations of the heart Lucy Britt age 2 received medical treatment aboard the Hashemy for rubella and Louisa aged 3 was treated for diarrhoea The Britt family travelled from Port Adelaide to Melbourne aboard the SS Havilah 10th December 1859 Cecilia Britt was killed by a train while crossing the line near Footscray Station on 27th January 1879. When the Hashemy was chartered as a convict transport in 1850 its destination was Van Diemen’s Land but due to the strong anti-transportation movement in the Eastern states it was decided to send it to Western Australia where transportation was still acceptable. As a result the WO 23s still have the pensioners located in VDL in 1851 instead of Western Australia.