FOSTER – John 15th Regiment – Enrolled Pensioner Force WA

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Name	FOSTER – John
Regiment (s)	15th Regiment
Regiment Number (s)	2302
Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation	18th October 1842 / 20 years / Armagh Armagh Ireland Labourer
Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars	5 Ft 7¼ in Fresh / Hazel / Dark brown / None
Overseas Service/Duration	Ceylon – 8 years 4 months
Length of Service	12 years 70 days
Rank/Date/Place of Discharge	Private / 26th December 1854 / Chatham Kent England
Campaign Medals	None
Intended Residence at Discharge	Redhills Cavan Ireland
Pension Districts	1855 Cavan April 1856 –September 1857 Western Australia 1 October 1857-18 January 1858 Adelaide 1857 Victoria (no pension details): pension expired 1882 Pension inquiry re a deferred pension on reaching the age of 50 on 18th October 1872
Pension Paid	8d per diem temporary for 3 years expired 18 January 1858
Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland	5th January 1856 Plymouth Devon England
Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia	WILLIAM HAMMOND 29th March 1856
Date/Place of Birth	18th October 1822 Galloon Newton Butler Fermanagh Ireland (Newtownbutler) (Date calculated from the time he turned 50)
Date/Place of Baptism	Not yet known
Father Date/Place of Birth	FOSTER Francis
Mother Date/Place of Birth Marriage	GORMAN Sarah Not yet known
Siblings	Not yet known
1^st Wife Date of Birth or Baptism	UNKNOW (This is possibly his 1st wife prior to his departure and refused to accompany him to Western Australia)
Date/Place of Marriage	Not yet known
2nd Wife Date of Birth or Baptism	COMPTON Matilda Margaret B c 1837 (deduces) Armagh Ireland
Date/Place of Marriage	Not yet known
Children by 2nd Wife	John Thomas B 1858 Bayswater Australia (Father William Kennedy) D 1938 Ballarat Victoria (Father John Foster) Matilda B 1863 Ballarat Victoria M EVANS Albert 1889 Victoria Ellen Maria B 1865 Ballarat Victoria Francis Joseph B 1869 Ballarat Victoria D 1873 Ballarat Victoria Ann Eliza B 1871 Ballarat Victoria Mary Ann B 1872 Ballarat Victoria Margaret B 1873 Ballarat Victoria M PROUD/T Arthur Richard Francis 1895 Ballarat Victoria D 1953 Ballarat Victoria Sarah Jane (from family grave)
Father of 1st/2nd wife Date/Place of Birth	Not yet known
Mother of 1st/2nd wife Date/Place of Birth Marriage	Not yet known
Land Grants Western Australia	None
Occupation after Arrival	Not yet known
Newspaper Articles	The Ballarat Star Wednesday 20th April 1898 page 3 Funeral Notice John Foster The Argus Tuesday 17th November 1953 page 11 Death of Margaret Prout
Departure from Western Australia	Mid-1857 departed from Western Australia (unknown ship) for Adelaide: pension paid in South Australia to September 1857
Date/Place of Death/Burial	18th April 1898 Doulton Street Ballarat, Victoria
Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife	D 31 May 1875 age 40 Victoria, Australia
Will or Probate	None
Further Information	British Army Worldwide Index 1851 Private John Foster 15th regiment 2302 location Kandy and Colombo Ceylon Discharge due to impaired general health, heart and lung disease In 1857 ten of the William Hammond’s pensioner guards claimed good conduct pay for 27 days service, one of whom was Private John Foster. Lived in Doveton(sic) Street Ballarat in 1882 (UK National Archives ref 1882/9161 via FindMyPast which is a statutory declaration from a William Sutton attesting to Fosters identity regarding a deferred pension – mentions WA EPG details) John Foster was awarded a deferred pension commencing 7th August 1881 of 5 pence per diem under Authority 4793 (not available) At the time he was age 60, height 5’7 ¼”, Brown hair, Hazel eyes and a fresh complexion He died at Doulton Street in Ballarat on 18th April 1898. No marriage of John and Matilda has been found.