John Alexander Foubister
Private 1433346
7th Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
Date of Birth: 30 August 1919
Place of Birth: Howe Farm, Shapinsay, Orkney
Date of Death: 25 February 1945
Details of Death:
Age: 25
Place of Death:
Cemetery: Rheinberg War Cemetery
Grave/Memorial 12.D.14
Additional Information:
John Foubister's family farmed at 'The Barns' Orkney until, in the early days of the Second World War, their
farm was taken over by the RAF to build what is now Kirkwall Airport. Following the takeover the Foubister
family moved to Methlick.
(Newspaper cutting and family history information courtesy of Leslie Foubister).

   
 

Newspaper article from 'The Orcadian'