William Robert FOSTER

FOSTER, William Robert

Service Number: 1806
Enlisted: 18 January 1915, Enlisted at Perth, WA
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
Born: Tenterfield, New South Wales, Australia, 1892
Home Town: Cottesloe, Western Australia
Schooling: Kenthurst, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation: Bricklayer
Died: Wounds, 21st General Hospital, Alexandria, Egypt, 14 August 1915
Cemetery: Alexandria (Chatby) Military and War Memorial Cemetery
Row J, Grave 92 Headstone inscription reads: He fell as hero in the deadly strife, Chatby Military and War Memorial Cemetery, Alexandria, Egypt
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kenthurst & Annangrove War Memorial, Kenthurst and Annangrove In Memoriam Roll of Honor, Kenthurst and Annangrove WW1 Roll of Honor, Norwest Mitchell Remembers Roll of Honour, Peppermint Grove Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club WWI HR
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World War 1 Service

18 Jan 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1806, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Enlisted at Perth, WA
19 Apr 1915: Involvement Private, 1806, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Argyllshire embarkation_ship_number: A8 public_note: ''
19 Apr 1915: Embarked Private, 1806, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Argyllshire, Fremantle

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of George and Elizabeth Foster of 14 Rowe Street, Woollahra, NSW formerly of Borlase Street, Willoughby, NSW. Brother of Joy May Jones (nee Foster)

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