FOSTER, Stanley George
| Service Number: | 3049 |
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| Enlisted: | 9 August 1915, Enlisted at Warwick Farm, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 4th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Hay, New South Wales, Australia, 1894 |
| Home Town: | Hay, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Hay, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Painter |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Pozieres, Somme Sector, France, 17 August 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Eumungerie - Coboco RSL Memorial, Eumungerie Honour Roll, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 9 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3049, Enlisted at Warwick Farm, NSW | |
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| 8 Oct 1915: | Involvement Private, 3049, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Warilda embarkation_ship_number: A69 public_note: '' | |
| 8 Oct 1915: | Embarked Private, 3049, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Warilda, Sydney | |
| 13 Feb 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 55th Infantry Battalion, Transferred from the 3 Battalion at Tel-el-Kebir | |
| 17 Aug 1916: | Involvement Private, 3049, 4th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3049 awm_unit: 4th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-08-17 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Robert and Mary Foster of Lang Street, Hay, NSW
23 March 1916 - transferred from the 55 Battalion to the 4th Battalion
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Riverine Grazier (Hay, NSW) 19 September 1916.
'Mr. Robert Foster, of South Hay, received a telegram from the military authorities on Saturday morning, stating that his son, Private Stanley G. Foster, had been killed in action in France, on the 17th August. Stanley was the third son, and was 21 years of age. He was attached to the 40th Battalion, having been transferred from the 3rd. For some time, he had been engaged as a sniper. A native of Hay, he enlisted in Goulburn, where he was employed at the time. When he first presented himself, he was rejected, but he tried again and was successful. General sympathy is expressed for the bereaved father, whose eldest son, Corporal Wm. J. Foster, was wounded a few weeks ago.'
His brother 2594 Lance Corporal William James Foster 4th Battalion AIF, returned to Australia 10 September 1917, fractured tibia and fibia right leg.