FOTHERINGHAME, Peter
| Service Number: | 2135 |
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| Enlisted: | 3 May 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 11th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Sanday Island, Orkney, Scotland, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Albany, Albany, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Platelayer on railway |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 26 May 1916, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Rue-Petillon Military Cemetery, Fleurbaix, Bethune, Nord Pas de Calais Grave I. J. 52. INSCRIPTION FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH AVE FRATER ATQUE VALE |
| Memorials: | Albany War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 3 May 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2135, 11th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 6 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 2135, 11th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: '' | |
| 6 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 2135, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Fremantle |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He was 33 and the son of George and Elizabeth Fotheringhame, of Templehall, Sanday, Orkney, Scotland.
At various points in his service records, he is shown as Fotheringhame- certainly his brother in Australia showed an ‘e’ at the end of his name. CWGC show him as Fotheringhame as does the Sanday War Memorial.
The Latin part of the personal inscription chosen by his Next Of Kin,
AVE FRATER ATQUE VALE
-relates to the poem by Gaius Valerius Catullus-
Through many countries and over many seas
I have come, Brother, to these melancholy rites,
to show this final honour to the dead,
and speak (to what purpose?) to your silent ashes,
since now fate takes you, even you, from me.
Oh, Brother, ripped away from me so cruelly,
now at least take these last offerings, blessed
by the tradition of our parents, gifts to the dead.
Accept, by custom, what a brother’s tears drown,
and, for eternity, Brother, ‘Hail and Farewell’.
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