PRATT – John 98th and 24th Regiment – Enrolled Pensioner Force WA

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John Pratt by Betty Foster July 2014 EPG Gazette

Name	PRATT – John
Regiment (s)	98th and 24th Regiment
Regiment Number (s)	1504 – 24th Regiment
Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation	1st May 1824 / 17 years 7 months / Leeds Yorkshire England Weaver
Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars	5 Ft 4½ in Sallow / Hazel / Dark / None
Overseas Service/Duration	Cape of Good Hope – 12 years 6 months Canada – 3 years 2 months
Length of Service	21 years 17 days
Rank/Date/Place of Discharge	Private / 10th October 1845 / Limerick Ireland
Campaign Medals	Not yet known
Intended Residence at Discharge	Not stated
Pension Districts	1846 Kilkenny 1850 Western Australia
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	c 1807 Rathdowney Mount Rathy Queens Ireland
Date/Place of Baptism	16th February 1808 Rathdowney Queens Ireland
Father Date/Place of Birth	Not yet known
Mother Date/Place of Birth Marriage	Not yet known
Siblings	Not yet known
1^st Wife Date of Birth or Baptism	CAHILL Catherine c1826
Date/Place of Marriage	6th September 1848 Rathdowney Queens, Ireland
Children by 1^st Wife	Mary B c1849 Ireland D not yet known William B 1851 Western Australia M LAWLOR Ann 1876 Bunbury WA D 29th July 1876 Bunbury WA Buried Bunbury Catholic Cemetery Margaret B 21st January 1853 Western Australia bap 23rd January 1853 Bunbury Western Australia baptised Perth 27th January 1853 M SLOAN James Daniel 28th December1876 Bunbury Western Australia D 11th July 1931 Bunbury WA John B 21st July 1854 Bunbury Western Australia Bp 13th December 1854 Perth WA D 12th November 1859 Bunbury Western Australia Buried Bunbury Catholic Cemetery James B 1856 Bunbury Western Australia M THOMAS Mary Jane 1882 Bunbury D 27th August 1925 Perth Western Australia Bur Karrakatta cemetery Perth WA Thomas B 1861 Bunbury Western Australia M BUSFIELD Sarah Ann 1892 Jarrahdale Western Australia D 20th February 1936 Perth Western Australia Catherine / Katherine B 1864 Bunbury Western Australia (placed in an orphanage) D Not yet known Annie B not known M NORRIE William Davenport 6th December 1875 Bunbury WA
Mother / Father of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth	Not yet known
1^st Wife’s 2^nd Marriage	John STEWART aka MILLOY John (convict 3206) Bunbury 1866
Land Grants Western Australia	Granted Lot P4 Bunbury 1 acre Assigned 20th November 1852 Title application 4th December 1858 Title 1621
Occupation after Arrival	Possibly mounted policeman
Newspaper Articles	erth Gazette and Independent Journal of Political and News WA – Shipping Intelligence 1st November 1850 – page 2 – List of Pensioners on the Hashemy named The Perth Gazette and West Australian Times Friday 31st August 1866 page 2 Possible death of John Pratt The Western Australian Times Friday 4th August 1876 page 3 Death of William Pratt Extract from article in Inquirer and Commercial news 30th August 1876 page 3 Showing the relationship between William and Annie Norrie nee Pratt and Milloy (aka Stewart) The Daily News Wednesday 2nd September 1925 page 8 Obituary of James Pratt South Western Tribune Wednesday 15th July 1931 page 2 Death of Margaret Sloan
Departure from Western Australia	Not applicable
Date/Place of Death/Burial	24th August 1866 Albany road 20 miles from Perth (Spratt)
Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife	Catherine Molloy (sic) died 1875 age 49 Bunbury Western Australia Bur 21st December Bunbury RC Cemetery Bunbury Western Australia
Will or Probate	None known
Further Information	British Army Worldwide Index 1841 John Pratt 1504 Private 24th Foot location Kingston Canada Discharge due to rheumatism, back pain and worn out constitution The witnesses to the marriage of John and Catherine Cahill were Pat and Julia Cahill. Mary Pratt age 1 was treated for rubella during the voyage of the Hashemy. She may have been the woman who married William Norrie. 1868 employed a ticket of leave man at Wandering (WA Bi Centennial Dictionary) 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.