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Maurice Harold Fothergill

1916 – 1941

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WW2 Service Australian Army Rank Gunner VX34272. He drowned as a result of enemy action, when the ship he was on was bombed & sunk approximately 25 miles off the coast of Crete. Description Vic. Paybook photograph of Gunner Maurice Harold Fothergill, 3rd Light Anti Aircraft Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery. Gunner Fothergill, aged 24, died while defending the island of Crete against the German land and airborne invasion on 29 May 1941. He was the son of Cyril Augustus and Florence Nellie Fothergill, of Thornbury, Vic. He is commemorated on the Athens Memorial Face 10, also hos name is located at panel 20 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial. Father Cyril Augustus Fothergill (1889-20.5.1965) Mother Florence Nellie Brown (1895-1981)

Name
Maurice Harold Fothergill
Locality
Πειραιάς, Grecia
Born
30 iunie 1916
Died
29 mai 1941
Age
24 years
From
Adelaide, Adelaide City, South Australia, Australia
Location
Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial ↗
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Cemetery information

Cemetery
Phaleron War Cemetery and Athens Memorial
Cemetery
Athens Memorial, Face 10.
Locality
Πειραιάς
Country
Grecia
Public figure
No

Maurice Harold Fothergill

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