Henry Arthur FOSTER

Henry Arthur FOSTER Update Details

If you confirm that you want to proceed with the update, this record will be locked for editing by all other users until you have finished. You will have 7 days to complete your changes before they will be automatically submitted.

Do you want to proceed?

Service Number:	624
Enlisted:	30 January 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	24th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Queenstown, South Australia, 11 July 1887
Home Town:	Northcote, Darebin, Victoria
Schooling:	Northcote State School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Surveyor Chainman
Died:	Wounds - arm, leg & abdomen, 49th Casualty Clearing Station, France, 2 September 1916, aged 29 years
Cemetery:	Contay British Cemetery, Contay, France Plot 1, Row A, Grave 11, Contay British Cemetery, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

30 Jan 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 624, 24th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
10 May 1915:	Involvement Private, 624, 24th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
10 May 1915:	Embarked Private, 624, 24th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne
26 Aug 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 624, 24th Infantry Battalion, Wounded during raid on an enemy trench resulting in multiple wounds to the body and limbs

Help us honour Henry Arthur Foster's service by contributing information, stories, and images so that they can be preserved for future generations.

Son of Isaac Foster and Emma Eliza Foster nee Bowyer of 40 Clyde Street, Northcote, Victoria

Previously trained as a Printer

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal