FOULSTON, William Richard
| Service Number: | 298 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| Born: | England, United Kingdom, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Kangaroo Point, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 298, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen | |
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| 6 Mar 1901: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 298, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 488 notes 5th QIB embarked at Pinkenba 6 Mar 1901 aboard Templemore arriving Port Elizabeth 1 Apr 1901. | |
| 9 Dec 1901: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 298, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 5th QIB, Bk 2 p. 145, notes invalided returned to Australia aboard Damascus arriving Brisbane 15 Dec 1901, discharged as of 9 dec 1901. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
When William Richard Foulston enlisted in 1901 in the 5th QIB and his details were published with the rank and file in The Queenslander, 16 Mar 1901, he noted his N.O.K. as his mother Mrs. G. Foulston, Upper Clapton, England.
He was invalided from service in South Africa with the Boer War Service Paybook indicating he returned aboard the Damascus. Newspaper reports in Nov 1901 from Victoria indicate, however, he missed his original allotted transport home and instead caught the next being the Damascus with the Captain of the vessel reporting him, along with two others, as a stowaway and not paying for their passage. At a court hearing in Melbourne Foulston was recognised as an invalided soldier and discharged from proceedings, the other two were convicted and fined.
Following his return to and discharge in Brisbane, the Boer War Service Paybooks note his address as being at Kangaroo Point, Brisbane.
(source- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 499; Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 5th QIB, Bk 2 p. 145).