Sergeant Robert
McJannett (c.1808.....1885.)
- Back To . . . 80th
Foot Staffordshire Volunteers Regiment
- Surnames of the11th
- Surnames of the 99th
Regiment's Soldiers who stayed
Born :
May 1808
Where Born : Parish of
Kells, near the village of New Galloway,
Kirkudbrightshire, south-east Scotland
Occupation : Soldier / Servent
Date Arrived : August
1838,
Ship Arrived on :
Port Arrived :
Rank on Discharge : Sergeant
Date of Army Enlistment : 21 November 1821 67th Regiment
Transfered 80th : 1837
Where Enlisted Army : Galloway Scotland
Regimental # :
Original Regiment
:
67th Regiment Did not serve in Australia
Last Regiment
Served : 11th Regiment
Regiment Enlisted from :
99th Regiment
Date Enlisted
Mounted Police
: 6th
August 1838
Rank Mounted
Police
: Sergeant
Date Discharge Mounted Police: 1 December 1849
Regiment Re-Joined
: 11th
Regiment
Date Discharged Army : 31
December 1831
Comments Regarding
Army Discharge : Medically unfit Discharged to Pension
Where Discharged : Sydney
Died : May 1885
Where Died /
Buried : Braidwood / Yass. New
South Wales Catholic portion of the Yass cemeter
Parents Names : David
McJannett (b....d.) and Janet Crosbie (b....d.)
Spouse's Name :
Anne Burney (O'beirne),
Born :
Where Born : Parishof Ferns,
County Wexford.
Occupation :
Date Arrived :
Ship Arrived on :
Died : June 1882
Where Died /
Buried : Yass/ Yass. New South
Wales Catholic portion of the Yass cemeter
Date Married : 1840
Where Married :Parramatta.
Spouse's Parents :
- Descendants
- Area Settled :
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- Children :
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- History &
Achievements :
- In researching my family history, I have
established by correspondence with the NSW Police
Department,
- that Robert McJANNETT came to NSW with the
Police. This indicates that he must have arrived in the
first detachment of the 80th. In February 1850, Robert
was appointed as Chief Constable at Yass NSW, a position
he held until 1858 when he retired due to ill health.
In March 1854, Robert arrested, at Yass, Frank Gardiner
alias Francis Christie, on a charge of horse
- stealing. Gardiner was tried at Goulburn court
and sentenced to 14 years but was released on a ticket of
leave in 1859, and later of course went on to become a
notorious bushranger. Robert died in June 1885 and is
buried at Yass.
- © Copyright B & M Chapman
(QLD) Australia
- Last revised: May 29, 2004.