McGRATH – John 87th Regiment – Enrolled Pensioner Force WA

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Lived Greenough Flats – pictured Clinch’s Mill

Name	McGRATH – John
Regiment (s)	87th Regiment
Regiment Number (s)	372
Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation	26th May 1827 / 20 years / Cork Cork Ireland Labourer
Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars	5 Ft 7¾ in Dark / Blue / Brown / None
Overseas Service/Duration	Mauritius – 12 years 100 days
Length of Service	22 years 35 days
Rank/Date/Place of Discharge	Private / 26th June 1849 / Chatham Kent England
Campaign Medals	None
Intended Residence at Discharge	Dundee Scotland
Pension Districts	1849 Dundee 1855-1878 Western Australia
Pension Paid	1/0d per diem 28th October 1873 increased to 1/3d per diem for 11 years 5 months service in Enrolled Force Western Australia
Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland	5th February 1855 Plymouth England via Cape of Good Hope
Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia	STAG 23rd May 1855
Date/Place of Birth	1807 Middleton Cork Ireland
Date/Place of Baptism	Not yet known
Father Date/Place of Birth	Not yet known
Mother Date/Place of Birth Marriage	Not yet known
Siblings	Not yet known
1st Wife Date of Birth or Baptism	McMULLIN or McMILLAN Elizabeth or Betsy 1819 Oban Argyllshire Scotland
Date/Place of Marriage	c1847 Dundee Scotland
Children by 1st Wife	Denis B 1851 Scotland D 12th May 1931 Western Australia bur Presbyterian Section Karrakatta Cemetery Western Australia Catherine B 27th July 1853 St. Andrews Dundee Scotland D 16th April 1856 Western Australia bur St. Patrick’s Cemetery Skinner Street Fremantle Western Australia Elizabeth B 4th April 1856 Geraldton Western Australia M MORGAN Andrew 1880 Greenough Western Australia D 20th October 1945 Gascoyne Western Australia John (Jack) B 1858 Geraldton Western Australia D 8th September 1915 Western Australia
Father of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth	McMULLIN or McMILLAN Neil Not yet known
Mother of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth Marriage	Not yet known
Land Grants Western Australia	Greenough Flats Lots G9 and G10 10 acres each
Occupation after Arrival	Farmer
Newspaper Articles	Northern Times Carnarvon Saturday 16th January 1915 – page 2 Northern Times Saturday 11th September 1915 The West Australian Wednesday 13th May 1931 – page 1 Northern Times Friday 26th October 1945 – page 3
Departure from Western Australia	Not Applicable
Date/Place of Death/Burial	23rd May 1878 Greenough Western Australia Greenough Pioneer Cemetery Western Australia
Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife	12th January 1915 Carnarvon Western Australia Carnarvon Cemetery
Will or Probate	None known
Further Information	British Army Worldwide Index 1841 John McGrath, private, 372, 87th Ft, Location Mahabourg, Mauritius. WO12/8983. Reason for discharge: Rheumatism and increasing debility. 1851 Census James Park, Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus) Scotland John McGrath, Head, married, age 45, born 1806, Pensioner 87th R, born Ireland Betsy McGrath, wife, married, age 32, born 1819, Oban Argyllshire, Scotland Mary Mooney, visitor, unmarried, 18, born 1833, Flax preparer, born Ireland Susan Smith, visitor, widow, 36, born 1815, Flax preparer, Born Ireland Ann Smith, visitor, Unmarried, 11, born 1840, School, born Ireland. AJCP reel 466/87 part 2 Folio 233 Proceedings of a Court of Inquiry into complaints by the wives of the Pensioner Guard on the Stag into the conduct of the Super Intendent Surgeon Caldwell. Elizabeth McGrath, wife of John McGrath, who stated she was examined and did not voice an objection to the Surgeon. She did object to the woman who came for her. The examination took about half an hour and the other women could not see the woman under examination. When she told her husband he said there were enough of us meaning the women, if we did not agree to it to put the Doctor on deck.