WEST – John 76th Regiment – Enrolled Pensioner Force WA

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Name	WEST – John
Regiment (s)	76th Regiment
Regiment Number (s)	1525
Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation	15th February 1839 / 20 years 3 months / Newbury Berkshire England Labourer
Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars	5 Ft 8 ins Pale / Blue / Sandy / None
Overseas Service/Duration	Bermuda – 10 months Nova Scotia – 11 months Ionian Islands – 2 years 7 months
Length of Service	11 years 340 days
Rank/Date/Place of Discharge	Private / 25th March 1851 / Chatham Kent England
Campaign Medals	Not yet known
Intended Residence at Discharge	Upwell Cambridgeshire England
Pension Districts	1851 Lynn 1852-1854 Western Australia 1877- 1896 South Australia
Pension Paid	8d per diem – Temporary 3 years until 15th April 1854
Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland	London England (Date not known)
Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia	WILLIAM JARDINE 1st August 1852
Date/Place of Birth	c1818 Upwell Cambridgeshire England
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
1^st Wife Date of Birth or Baptism	DIXON/DICKSON Mary Ann
Date/Place of Marriage	1st Quarter 1852 Wisbech Cambridgeshire England
Children by 1^st Wife	Susan Wayman b 14th December 1863 Echunga Goldfields South Australia M BAKER John Richard 13th December 1892 Residence of the bride Goodwood South Australia Marion/Mary Ann Wayman b 4th September 1865 Auburn, Clare South Australia M HEWITT Thomas 9th November 1893 Residence of James Bird Glanville Pt. Adelaide South Australia D 12th February 1921 Pt. Adelaide South Australia Alfred Waymin (sic) b 27th June 1868 Echunga goldfields Mt. Barker South Australia M CAMERON Isabella 28th December 1907 Presbyterian Church Mt. Barker South Australia D 22nd July 1935 Goodwood, Mannahill, Burra South Australia Edith Wayman b 21st July Echunga Goldfields Mt. Barker South Australia M LLOYD Herbert 12th February 1901 Kalgoorlie Western Australia D 8 December 1936 Stirling South Australia William Robert Waymond (sic) b 12th September 1875 Adelaide South Australia M STAPLETON Evangeline Isabella 9th June 1902 Residence of Bride’s Father Goodwood D 1st June 1955 Goodwood South Australia
Father of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth	Not yet known
Mother of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth Marriage	Not yet known
Land Grants Western Australia	None
Occupation after Arrival	Appointed Night warder Convict Establishment 21st October 1852 resigned 21st November 1855
Newspaper Articles	Appointed Night warder Convict Establishment 21st October 1852 resigned 21st November 1855 see Barker page 214 The Express and Telegraph Wednesday 25th March 1896 page 2 Death of John The Express and Telegraph Wednesday 30th November 1904 Death of Mary
Departure from Western Australia	Champion departed 20th December 1855 arrived Adelaide 11th January 1856 (P. West and wife)
Date/Place of Death/Burial	22nd March 1896 Unley South Australia Buried West Terrace Cemetery
Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife	29th November 1904 Goodwood South Australia Buried West Terrace Cemetery
Will or Probate	None known
Further Information	British Army Worldwide Index 1841 John West 1525 Private 76th Foot Location Bermuda 1851 As above location Parkhurst Barracks Isle of Wight Also 1851 As above location Invalid depot Woolwich Discharge due to chronic rheumatism and catarrh John West applied for a deferred pension on 8 March 1878 approved and paid 5d per day from 8 March 1877 A John West was admitted to the Royal Adelaide hospital on 30th January 1872 age 52 years married residence Hahndorf occupation digger born Wisbeach (sic) England and had been in the Colony for 20 years arrived on the ship Champion His wife Mary was admitted twice to the hospital 1^st 28^th August 1886 age 54, married, religion Baptist, residence Goodwood, born Cambridge had been 30 years in the Colony and had arrived in the Champion from WA 2^nd 13^th July 1892 age 57 a married woman, religion Protestant, living Unley, born Cambridge and had been 40 years in the Colony arriving on the William Jackson(sic)