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FOSTER, Robert
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 5802 |
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| Enlisted: | 16 December 1915, Enlisted at Enoggera, QLD |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 9th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Scotland, 1881 |
| Home Town: | Mackay, Mackay, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Railway constructor |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 20 September 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium, Tyne Cot Cemetery, Passchendaele, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Homebush & District Honor Board, Mackay Old Town Hall Honour Roll, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 16 Dec 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5802, 9th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Enoggera, QLD | |
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| 4 May 1916: | Involvement Private, 5802, 9th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Choon embarkation_ship_number: A49 public_note: '' | |
| 4 May 1916: | Embarked Private, 5802, 9th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Choon, Brisbane |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Conflicting places of birth some information gives him as being a native of Scotland other information has him being born in Adelaide, SA
Next of kin given as a friend Alfred Goldfinch of Home Bush Sugar Mill, Mackay, QLD
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Preciously served with the South Australian Volunteers