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FOSTER, Robert James
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 410 |
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| Enlisted: | 16 September 1914, Enlisted in Sydney, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 6th Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Walcha, New South Wales, Australia, 1888 |
| Home Town: | Uralla, Uralla, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Wounds - Abdomen, Palestine, Belgium, 6 November 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Beersheba War Cemetery Row A, Grave 11 Rev. H.K. Gordon officiated, Beersheba War Cemetery, Beersheba, Israel, Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Uralla Presbyterian Church Roll of Honour, Uralla St. David's Presbyterian Church |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 16 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 410, 6th Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted in Sydney, NSW | |
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| 21 Dec 1914: | Involvement Private, 410, 6th Light Horse Regiment, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: '' | |
| 21 Dec 1914: | Embarked Private, 410, 6th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Suevic, Sydney | |
| 22 Sep 1915: | Honoured Mention in Dispatches, London Gazette on 5 November 1915, page 11002, position 14 Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 27 January 1916, page 156, position 46 | |
| 15 Oct 1915: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 6th Light Horse Regiment | |
| 24 Nov 1915: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 6th Light Horse Regiment | |
| 5 Aug 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Sergeant, 410, 6th Light Horse Regiment, Wounds to the face | |
| 27 Jul 1917: | Honoured Military Medal, London Gazette on 18 October 1917, page 10731, position 15 Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 14 February 1918, page 284, position 29 | |
| 6 Nov 1917: | Involvement Sergeant, 410, 6th Light Horse Regiment, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 410 awm_unit: 6 Light Horse Regiment awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1917-11-06 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of John and Jane Foster of Walcha, NSW
Husband of May Rose Foster nee Austin of 'Goldsworth', Uralla, NSW later of Cootamundra, NSW. Robert and May married during 1913c in the Armidale area, NSW. Father of Irene Foster and Jean Foster
Medals: Military Medal, Mentioned in Despatches, !914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal