Wilson Dacres BEATTY

BEATTY, Wilson Dacres

    Service Number: 14
    Enlisted: Not yet discovered
    Last Rank: Corporal
    Last Unit: 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen
    Born: 18 April 1873, place not yet discovered
    Home Town: Winton, Winton, Queensland
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Grazier
    Died: Influenza, 23 June 1919, aged 46 years, place of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Winton General Cemetery, Qld
    Plot: Private Sect. Row C Grave: 10
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    Boer War Service

    1 Oct 1899: Involvement Private, 14, Queensland Imperial Bushmen
    18 May 1900: Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 14, 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.
    29 Dec 1900: Promoted Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Corporal, Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 479 notes promoted to Corporal 29 Dec 1900.
    10 Aug 1901: Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Corporal, 14, 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

    Wilson Dacres Beatty was born on 18 Apr 1873 at Chinchilla, a son to Theophilus Stewart Beatty and Eliza Helen Beatty (nee Evans). He married Ellen Maud Haynes from Longreach in Longreach on Christmas Eve 24 Dec 1907. He was a grazier in the Winton district and was owner of Nuken Station at the time of his death from the Flu in 1919.

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