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FOSTER, Robert Samuel
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 3079 |
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| Enlisted: | 12 July 1915, Enlisted at Perth, WA |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 48th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Kingstown, County Dublin, Ireland, 1886 |
| Home Town: | Yalgoo, Yalgoo, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Hibernian Marine School, Dublin, Ireland |
| Occupation: | Salesman |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Pozieres, Somme Sector, France, 6 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, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France), Yalgoo War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 12 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3079, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Enlisted at Perth, WA | |
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| 13 Oct 1915: | Involvement Private, 3079, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: '' | |
| 13 Oct 1915: | Embarked Private, 3079, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Themistocles, Fremantle | |
| 3 Mar 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 48th Infantry Battalion, At Tel el Kebir | |
| 28 May 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 48th Infantry Battalion | |
| 6 Aug 1916: | Involvement Sergeant, 3079, 48th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3079 awm_unit: 48 Battalion awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1916-08-06 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Arrived in Australia aged 23 years
Son of Isaac and Martha Foster; husband of Elsie Kate Foster of Meberrie Station, Murchison via Yalgo, Western Australia later of 'Terau', Wentworth Street, Cottesloe, Western Australia; father of Dorree Foster
Medals:- 1914-15 Star, British Waar Medal, Victory Medal
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