FOGG, Laidley Arthur
| Service Numbers: | Not yet discovered |
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| Enlisted: | 24 August 1915, Enlisted at Marrickville, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Willoughby, New South Wales, Australia, 5 August 1889 |
| Home Town: | Woolwich, Hunters Hill, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Church of England Grammar School, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Commercial Traveller & Draughtsman |
| Died: | Chatswood, New South Wales, Australia, 1960, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Northbridge (Shore) Sydney Church of England Grammar School Memorial Cricket Ground Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 24 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Australian Field Artillery - 116th to 120th Howitzer Batteries: AIF, Enlisted at Marrickville, NSW | |
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| 30 Sep 1916: | Involvement Australian Field Artillery - 116th to 120th Howitzer Batteries: AIF, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: '' | |
| 30 Sep 1916: | Embarked Australian Field Artillery - 116th to 120th Howitzer Batteries: AIF, HMAT Aeneas, Sydney | |
| 6 May 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade | |
| 1 Aug 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade | |
| 25 Sep 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Joseph H. Fogg and Ada Fogg of St Leonards, NSW
Husband of Athena Louisa Fogg nee McLaughlan of 'Taunton', Gale Street, Woolwich, NSW. Laidley and Athena married during 1915c in Maclean, NSW
Commenced return to Australia 20 June 1919 aboard SS Konig Frederich August disembarking 10 August 1919
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Biography contributed by Janet Holmes
Laidley Joseph Fogg was born at the family home in Palmer Street, St Leonards, North Shore on 17 August 1889. His father was Joseph Henry Fogg (1844 – 1911) and his mother was Ada Fogg (nee Field) (1860 – 1896). Laidley attended Sydney Church of England Grammar School. Laidley’s mother died at the age of 36 when he was seven years old. His father moved to the Metropole Hotel sometime after her death until he married Ethel Vardy in 1904 and moved to Toxteth Road, Glebe Point.
Laidley married Athena Louisa McLachlan (Thena) on 3 August 1915 at the residence of Thena’s parents, John and Mary McLachlan of Hardwood Island, Clarence River. Prior to his enlistment, Laidley and Thena’s son Garry was born in Annandale in July 1916. At the time of enlistment, the family lived at “Taunton” in Gale Street, Woolwich and Thena and Garry remained living there for the duration of Laidley’s service in WW1. He returned from the war in August 1919 and left the army on 25 September 1919.
Laidley was a keen sailor. In 1919 not long after his return from service, Laidley skippered J S Palmer’s yacht “Aoma” to victory in the Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club handicap.
In 1921, Laidley and Thena’s daughter Gwenda was born in Manly and the family had moved to Austin St, Lane Cove by 1922. Laidley worked in the city of Sydney but the details of his work are not known. He died at his house in Lane Cove in 1960. Thena outlived him by many years, dying in 1979.
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