FETHERSTONHAUGH, Cuthbert Foster
| Service Number: | 823 |
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| Enlisted: | 25 August 1914, Albert Park, Vic. |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | North Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1892 |
| Home Town: | Williamstown (Vic), Hobsons Bay, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Station Hand |
| Died: | Circumstances of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Ararat General Cemetery |
| Memorials: | Corryong and District Avenue of Honour Memorial, Inverleigh & District Residents Roll of Honor |
World War 1 Service
| 25 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 823, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , Albert Park, Vic. | |
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| 20 Oct 1914: | Embarked Bombardier, 823, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Shropshire, Melbourne | |
| 20 Oct 1914: | Involvement Bombardier, 823, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: '' | |
| 25 Apr 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Bombardier, 823, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 7 Aug 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Bombardier, 823, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli | |
| 20 Aug 1915: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , Gallipoli | |
| 12 Sep 1915: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , Gallipoli | |
| 21 Sep 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Sergeant, 823, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , ANZAC / Gallipoli, GSW to right foot. Evacuated to Malta and then UK. Never rejoined unit. | |
| 2 Jan 1916: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 823, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , Granted a Commission in Royal Field Artillery, Special Reserves, UK |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Learmonth
Cuthbert Foster Fetherstonhaugh was born on 21st May 1892 in North Melbourne, Victoria, to Dr Charles Fetherstonhaugh and Ellen (Nellie) nee Cathrew. Cuthbert and his siblings attended Corryong State School. In 1903, he was voted as ‘most popular boy in the school’.
On 28th August 1914, he enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria. At the time, he was a single, 22-year-old stationhand from Ferguson St, Williamstown, Victoria. He was allocated Regimental Number 823 and placed in Headquarters 2nd Field Artillery Brigade. Cuthbert Foster named his father, Dr Charles Fetherstonhaugh, as his next of kin. After initial training, he embarked on HMAT A9 Shropshire at Melbourne, Victoria, on 20th October 1914.
Cuthbert landed on Gallipoli on 26th April 1915. He was quickly promoted to Corporal and then to Sergeant. On 21st September, he was wounded in the foot. He was evacuated from Gallipoli and placed aboard the HS Dunlusce Castle. On the 27th, Cuthbert was transferred to the Military Hospital on Malta. Two weeks later, he embarked on the HT Huntslet and was sent to England. On 11th October, he was admitted to the 3rd General Hospital in London.
In late January of the following year, Cuthbert was discharged from the AIF. He decided to enlist in the Royal Field Artillery (Special Reserve), where he would be granted a U.K. commission (Second Lieutenant). Nothing is known of Cuthbert's experiences in this unit. It is known that the unit was part of the Army Reserve, and its personnel were used to train regular artillery personnel.
Cuthbert married Dorothy Frances Fetherstonhaugh on 3rd February 1916, at Steyning, Sussex, England. Dorothy was the only daughter of Arthur Fetherstonhaugh and Mrs Barton, both of whom were deceased.
For his service, he was awarded the 1914/15 Star, the British War Medal, and the Victory Medal.
After the war, the couple sailed to Australia, where their first child, Joan, was born on 30 August 1919. At some stage over the next few years, the family moved to Canada, where their son, Charles, was born. The 1924 Electoral Rolls show that the Fetherstonhaugh family had moved back to Australia and were living in the Ballarat area, where Cuthbert was farming. Cuthbert passed away on 8th March 1937 and was buried in Ararat General Cemetery, Ararat, Victoria. Cuthbert’s eldest child, Charles Brian, was killed in action on 10th January 1943 in a mine-laying operation off the Frisian Islands, Netherlands.