FOGG, Rudolph W
Service Number: | 528 |
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Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 1st New South Wales Mounted Rifles |
Born: | Coonamble, New South Wales, Australia, 9 February 1876 |
Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Died: | Natural causes, Ashfield, New South Wales, Australia, 20 October 1956, aged 80 years |
Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
Memorials: |
Boer War Service
1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 528, 1st New South Wales Mounted Rifles |
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True account
The Sydney Morning Herald, Saturday 8 September 1900 on page 11 published a letter written by Private Fog. It reads ;- Private L. W. Fog, of the New South Wales Mounted Infantry, writing from Vredefort on July 27, says -
"We are living chiefly on poultry, eggs, butter, and sometimes a little bread , as for our rations, we turn up our noses at them now. We have been doing considerable travelling: in fact we have been going all the time since we left Pretoria. We got to within six miles of Lindley when De Wet attacked our rearguard, and they came galloping into the transports, with the Boers after them. This left the rear unprotected, and the dismounted men, with Lieutenant Garvan in charge, were ordered back to stop the attack. I happened to be riding with Lieutenant Garvan when he got the order, so I went back with him, and I can assure you they gave it us hot for about half an hour, then we got the pom-pom on to them, and they cleared out as hard as they could go. In this engagement I got hit for the first time, a spent bullet hitting me just above the knee without, however, inflicting a wound."
Submitted 25 November 2022 by Shane BRYANT
Name
His last name is FOG not double GG
Submitted 25 November 2022 by Shane BRYANT
Biography contributed by VWM Australia
True name said to be L W Fog