HASTIE, Peter Stewart
| Service Number: | 67 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| Born: | Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland, 17 December 1859 |
| Home Town: | Blackall, Blackall Tambo, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Evansford, Victoria |
| Occupation: | Shearer |
| Died: | Pneumonia & congestion of the lungs, St Vincents Hospital, Sydney, 24 May 1900, aged 40 years |
| Cemetery: |
Rookwood Cemetery & Crematorium Zone B , Section EE, Plot 396 |
| Memorials: | Anzac Square Boer War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Australian and Colonial Military Forces (Boer War / Boxer Rebellion), Private, SN 67 | |
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| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, SN 67, 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen | |
| 18 May 1900: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces (Boer War / Boxer Rebellion), Private, SN 67, 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, Ship Manchester Port Brisbane |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Peter Stewart HASTIE was born on 17th December, 1859 in Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland
His parents were Robert HASTIE & Christina STEWART - his father was born in Beath Fife, Scotland and died in 1891 in Victoria and his mother was born in Aidrie, Scotland and died in Cygnet, Tasmania in 1914 - they married on 2nd January, 1849 in Linlithgow, West Lothian
His Mother was known to be living in Norwood, South Australia when her son died
The family arrived in Australia on the ship Star of India via Victoria on the 14th June, 1871
Peter embarked from Brisbane on 18th May 1900 on the ship Manchester Port with the 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen and was taken ill with pneumonia in Sydney Harbour
He died on 24th May, 1900 in St Vincents Hospital, Sydney on his way to serve in the Boer War & was given a full Military Funeral (see link for newspaper article)
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