FOTHERINGHAM, Roy Stirling
| Service Numbers: | Not yet discovered |
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| Enlisted: | 24 March 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 11th Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | North Adelaide, South Australia, 30 October 1881 |
| Home Town: | Magill, Campbelltown, South Australia |
| Schooling: | St. Peter's and Queens Colleges, Adelaide South Australia |
| Occupation: | Stock agent |
| Died: | London, England, 21 November 1922, aged 41 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Adelaide Rowing Club WW1 Pictorial Honour Board, Adelaide Scots Church WW1 Honour Board, Hackney St Peter's College Honour Board, Medindie Wilderness School Roll of Honour WW1, North Adelaide Queens School Honour Board |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Lieutenant, 5th South Australian Imperial Bushmen |
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World War 1 Service
| 24 Mar 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 11th Light Horse Regiment | |
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| 2 Jun 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 11th Light Horse Regiment, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Medic embarkation_ship_number: A7 public_note: '' | |
| 2 Jun 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 11th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Medic, Brisbane |
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"...Lieutenant Roy Stirling Fotheringham, Australian Light Horse, from Magill, South Australia who served as a Lieutenant in the Fifth Imperial Contingent during the Boer War, leaving for South Africa on 9 February 1901 and returning to Australia on 27 April 1902. He was a 33 year old stock agent when he was appointed to the 11th Light Horse Regiment on 3 March 1915 and embarked for overseas with the 9th Light Horse Regiment from Adelaide on 27 October 1915 aboard HMAT Benalla. He saw action in France with the 25th Howitzer Brigade but was dismissed from the service in the United Kingdom by sentence of a court martial on 6 September 1917..." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)
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