Return to Phoebe Dunbar EPF List
Click on images to view (if available) a larger image. Use your browser’s Back button to return to site.
| Name | FENTON – Joseph |
|---|---|
| Regiment (s) | 28th Regiment |
| Regiment Number (s) | 316 |
| Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation | 23rd May 1821 / 13 years / Dublin Ireland Labourer |
| Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars | 5 Ft 6 in Fresh / Grey / Red / None |
| Overseas Service/Duration | Corfu – 8 years New South Wales – 6 years 5 months India – 3 years 2 months |
| Length of Service | 19 years 356 days (plus 5 years under 18) = total 24 years 4 months and 7 days |
| Rank/Date/Place of Discharge | Private / 14th July 1846 / Chatham Kent England |
| Campaign Medals | Nil |
| Intended Residence at Discharge | Deptford Kent England |
| Pension Districts | 1846 Woolwich 1847 Deptford 1853-1860 Western Australia 1861 2nd Plymouth 1861 Deptford 1861 West London 1861 2nd London 1862 North London 1862 Portsmouth 1862 2nd North London 1864 Liverpool |
| Pension Paid | 1/0d per diem |
| Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland | June 2 1853 Kingstown, Dublin, Ireland |
| Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia | PHOEBE DUNBAR 30th August 1853 |
| Date/Place of Birth | c1807 St Paul’s Dublin Ireland |
| Date/Place of Baptism | Not yet known |
| Father Date/Place of Birth | Not yet known |
| Mother Date/Place of Birth Marriage | Not yet known |
| Siblings | Not yet known |
| 1st Wife Date of Birth or Baptism | Did not marry |
| Date/Place of Marriage | Not applicable |
| Children by 1st Wife | Not applicable |
| Land Grants Western Australia | Not applicable |
| Occupation after Arrival | Not yet known |
| Newspaper Articles | Not yet known |
| Departure from Western Australia | Pension paid in Western Australia until September 1860 left after this date and pension resumed in Plymouth in 1861 unknown ship to England |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial | 15th January 1868 Attic Ward Liverpool Workhouse Liverpool England 17th January 1868 Toxteth Park Cemetery Liverpool Lancashire England |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife | Not applicable |
| Will or Probate | None known |
| Further Information | British Army, Worldwide Index: 1841 Joseph Fenton 316 28th location Sydney NSW Discharge: Due to weakness in the body and shortness of breath when playing his instrument the French horn.(Employed in the band) 24th September 1861 he was refused a pension increase. 1851 Census HO 107/1585/138/40 Old King Street Deptford. Joseph Fenton age 42 born Ireland unmarried was living with a fellow Chelsea pensioner William Warren and his family 1861 Census RG 9/1441/88/38 Joseph Fenton age 54 single pensioner born Ireland is living at the Terminus Inn, Millbay Road St. Andrew Plymouth Devon. |