Richard FOGGO

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Service Numbers:	2810 , 2810, 2810B
Enlisted:	11 March 1916, Adelaide, South Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	12th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Portobello, Scotland, 4 May 1888
Home Town:	Swan Reach, Mid Murray, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Baker
Died:	Died of wounds, France, 30 July 1918, aged 30 years
Cemetery:	Longuenesse (St. Omer) Souvenir Cemetery Plot V, Row D, Grave 18 INSCRIPTION GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS THAT HE LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS , Longuenesse (St Omer) Souvenir Cemetery, Longuenesse, Nord Pas de Calais, France
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Swan Reach War Memorial

11 Mar 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2810 , Adelaide, South Australia
16 Dec 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2810, 43rd Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: ''
16 Dec 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2810, 43rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Berrima, Adelaide
15 Jun 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 12th Infantry Battalion
25 Jul 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2810B, 12th Infantry Battalion, "Peaceful Penetration - Low-Cost, High-Gain Tactics on the Western Front", GSW (chest and thigh)
30 Jul 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2810B, 12th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2810B awm_unit: 12th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-07-30

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Arrived in Australia aged 23 years

Son of Robert and Marion Foggo; husband of Elizabeth Bustead (nee Benn) Foggo of Swan Reach, South Australia; father of Elizabeth McIntyre Foggo

5 December 1914 - married Elizabeth at the residence of Charles Eglington of Swan Reach SA

5 March 1917 - to hospital with Bronchitis

British War Medal, Victory Medal

Also served 5 years in the Territorials in Scotland

He was 31 and the eldest son of Robert and Marion Foggo nee Thomson; husband of Elizabeth B. Foggo, of Swan Reach, Murray River, South Australia.

He is honoured on the stained glass window in West Church, Dalkeith