BORN HULL 1869. SON OF SEYMOUR & ANNIE FEETAM, HULL. A FORMER SERGEANT IN THE ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY AND REGULAR ARMY SOLDIER. RETIRED ON PENSION TO AUSTRALIA. RE-ENLISTED IN 1914, AS A PRIVATE IN THE AUSTRALIAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCE. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION AT GALLIPOLI, ON 02/05/1915, AGED 46. HIS STORY AND DEATH WERE REPORTED IN THE HULL TIMES, ON 31/07/1915. HIS WIDOW, MARTHA FEETAM, LIVED AT 4 BELGRAVIA STREET, BURNLEY, VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA, WITH THEIR THREE CHILDREN. HIS BROTHER IN LAW (WIFE’S BROTHER) RICHARD H. LANGLEY, RNR, WAS DROWNED OFF THE DARDENELLES, ON 21ST AUGUST 1915, SERVING ON NO: 83 MINESWEEPER. THEY ARE BOTH COMMEMORATED ON THE HELLES MEMORIAL.
NOTE. PTE’S ALBERT & EDGAR FEETAM, BOTH OF THE EYR, PHOTOGRAPHED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON THE 13TH MAY 1915. *
