Frank Percy BEATTY

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BEATTY, Frank Percy

Service Number:	271
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen
Born:	Queensland, Australia, 18 February 1879
Home Town:	Sarina, Mackay, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Bank Manager, Agent
Died:	Sarina, Queensland, Australia., 26 March 1941, aged 62 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Mackay Cemetery, Qld Plot: Church of England Section 1, Line 22, Grave 22
Memorials:

Boer War Service

1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Private, 271, Queensland Imperial Bushmen
18 May 1900:	Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 271, 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 475 notes 4th QIB embarked 18 May 1900 aboard Manchester Port arriving Beira 14 Jun 1900.
10 Aug 1901:	Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 271, 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 477 notes 4th QIB embarked 5 Jul 1901 aboard Britannic returning to Australia arriving Brisbane 5 Aug 1901, disbanded 10 Aug 1901.

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Biography contributed by Claude McKelvey

Frank Percy Beatty was born on 18 Feb 1879 in Queensland, a son to Theophilus Stuart Beatty and Eliza Helen Beatty (nee Evans). He married Violet Ada 'Queenie' Taylor on 14 Nov 1906 in Queensland and they had one child.

He worked managing bank branches at Sarina and Innisfail prior to purchasing an agency business in Sarina where they would reside.

(sources- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 485; Obituray - Daily Mercury, 28 Mar 1941).

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