Regimental number | 1450 |
Place of birth | Kilkenny, South Australia |
Religion | Roman Catholic |
Occupation | Butcher |
Address | c/o Miss E. Courley, 219 Wakefield Street, Adelaide, South Australia |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 19 |
Height | 5' 7" |
Weight | 176 lbs |
Next of kin | Father, Laurence Mitchell Foura, Gladstone, South Australia |
Previous military service | Served for 2 years in the Senior Cadets (76th Bn); transferred to 23rd Light Horse, Citizen Military Forces; still serving at time of AIF enlistment. |
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Place of enlistment | Keswick, South Australia |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 3rd Light Horse Regiment, 11th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 10/8/3 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A38 Ulysses on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Driver |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 2nd Division Ammunition Column |
Fate | Returned to Australia |
Discharge date | |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Western Front Taken on strength, 1st Light Horse Training Regiment, Heliopolis, 1 March 1916. Transferred to 2nd Divisional Ammunition Column, 11 March 1916. Mustered as Driver, 15 March 1916. Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 20 March 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 27 March 1916. Appointed Acting Bombardier, 5 August 1916. Proceeded on leave, 7 July 1917; rejoined unit from leave, 19 July 1917. Admitted to 26th Field Ambulance, 12 August 1917 (debility); transferred same day to 62nd Casualty Clearing Station, 14 August 1917 (neurasthenia); discharged to duty, 31 August 1917. Detached for duty at 2nd Division Gas School, 25 November 1917; rejoined unit from detachment, 1 December 1917. On leave to England, 13 March 1918; rejoined unit from leave, 31 March 1918. Promoted Bombardier, 25 March 1918. Promoted Temporary Corporal, 16 September 1918. On leave to Paris, 18 November 1918. Admitted to 6th Australian Field Ambulance, 2 December 1918, and reverted to permanent rank of Bombardier; transferred same day to 50th Casualty Clearing Station; to Ambulance Train, 7 December 1917, and admitted to 39th General Hospital, Havre, 9 December 1918; discharged to Base Details, 19 December 1918; total period of treatment for venereal disease: 18 days. Marched out to 39th General Hospital, 29 December 1918 (scabies); marched in to Base Depot, 4 January 1919; rejoined unit, 13 January 1919. Embarked for England, 29 January 1919; disembarked Weymouth, 30 January 1919, and marched in to No 3 Training Bn. Admitted to No 1 Australian Dermatological Hospital, Bulford, 21 February 1919 (folliculitis); discharged, 5 March 1919. Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Trases Montes', 8 April 1919; disembarked Adelaide, 20 May 1919; discharged, Adelaide, 12 July 1919. Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Date of death | |
Sources | NAA: B2455, FOURA Andrew |