FOSTER, Clarence Charles
| Service Number: | 829 |
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| Enlisted: | 8 March 1916, Perth, Western Australia |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 31st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | East Perth, Western Australia, 27 November 1896 |
| Home Town: | Perth, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Claremont Scotch College |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 14 December 1916, aged 20 years |
| Cemetery: |
Guards Cemetery, Lesboeufs, Picardie |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Nedlands Scotch College WW1 Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 8 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 829, Perth, Western Australia | |
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| 6 Jun 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 829, 44th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: '' | |
| 6 Jun 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 829, 44th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suevic, Fremantle | |
| 14 Dec 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 829, 31st Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 829 awm_unit: 31st Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-12-14 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Anne Duerdoth
Brother of 795 Lieut. Milton James Foster (/explore/people/305629) who also went on to serve in WW2
"The many friends of the Misses Foster, of Adelaide-terrace, will regret to hear that their nephew, Clarence Foster, second son of the late Cr. C. J. Foster, was killed in action on December 14 after being only about a fortnight in the trenches. He had only just attained his 20th birthday. The elder brother of the deceased, Milton, who enlisted about a year previously, has been seriously ill in hosiptal in France, and up to the present his relatives have not been able to communicate the sad news to him." - from the Perth West Australian 08 Jan 1917 (nla.gov.au)
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