Sidney Stuart BEATTY

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BEATTY, Sidney Stuart

Service Number:	197
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen
Born:	Queensland, Australia, 3 August 1877
Home Town:	Mackay, Mackay, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Mackay, Queensland, Australia, 2 March 1946, aged 68 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Mackay Cemetery, Qld Plot: Church of England Section 3, Line 9, Grave 1
Memorials:

Boer War Service

1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Private, 197, Queensland Imperial Bushmen
18 May 1900:	Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 197, 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.
1 Jun 1900:	Promoted Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Corporal, 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 483 notes promoted to Corporal 1 Jun 1900.
23 Jan 1901:	Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Corporal, 197, 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, National Archives Australia - Boer War Dossier notes invalided due to Enteric Fever returned to Australia aboard Orient arriving Brisbane 16 Jan 1901, discharged 23 Jan 1901.

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Biography contributed by Claude McKelvey

Sidney Stuart Beatty was born on 3 Aug 1877 in Queensland, a son to Theophilus Stuart Beatty and Eliza Helen Beatty (nee Evans). His father was reported to have been a squatter who was the holder of Collaroy Station at St Lawrence, Queensland, when he served in the South African (Boer) War. He married Amelia Carmen Smith on 23 Aug 1905 and they had 3 children.

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