McKEE – John Royal Artillery 9th and 3rd Brigade

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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 / 17 years / 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
1^st Wife Date of Birth or Baptism	NOLAN Margaret 1835 Not yet known
Date/Place of Marriage	Not yet known
Children by 1^st Wife	Margaret B 1858 Not yet known D 11th January 1924 North Adelaide South Australia William J B 1860 Devon England 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.) Unknown: the details are unknown of another child shown in the Shipping list for the David and Jessie.
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) 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 1851 British Army World Wide Index shows John with the 3rd Brigade Royal Artillery 5th Company at Woolwich Shoeburyness Plymouth EnglandUK 1851 Census (HO.107.1588 page 33) Woolwich Kent John McKee, Soldier, single, 28, born Kent, WoolwichRoyal Adelaide Hospital Admissions: McKee John, admitted 12th December 1887, 66, M, Church of England residence Pulteney St., bootmaker born Kent, 22 years in Colony, ship David Jessie. McKEE son William admitted 2nd August 1886, age 26, S, Prot, residence Pulteney St., labourer, born Devonshire, 23 years in Colony, Ship David Jessie