Richard Stanley Featherston (SN 95) was born in Bendigo but was a clerk from Clunes when he enlisted on August 18th 1914. Two months later he embarked with the first contingent on the Wiltshire. He served in Gallipoli with the 2nd Field Ambulance until he was evacuated to hospital in Egypt suffering from influenza. After the Gallipoli campaign he was moved to France in March 1916 but his service there was frequently interrupted by different medical issues. On Christmas Eve 1917 he was wounded in action, gassed. Exposure to the toxic gas caused him to develop eczema, which necessitated his transfer to hospital in England. At the war's end he departed from England on December 12th 1918 on the Nestor, disembarking at Melbourne on February 1st 1919. He was discharged two months later on April 2nd 1919.

His brother Ralph also served in the AIF and is honoured with a tree in the Avenue.

Lucas’s Staffs Appreciation of Brave Men, the original Avenue register, records his surname as Featherstone.