William Ernest FOSTER

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Service Number:	6067
Enlisted:	11 September 1916, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	26th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Scarborough, England, 1898
Home Town:	Morningside, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Scarborough Municipal School, England
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Killed in Action, Zonnebeke, Belgium, 4 October 1917
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Morningside District Honour Roll, Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial

11 Sep 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6067, 26th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
27 Oct 1916:	Involvement Private, 6067, 26th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Marathon embarkation_ship_number: A74 public_note: ''
27 Oct 1916:	Embarked Private, 6067, 26th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Marathon, Brisbane

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Arrived in Australia aged 12 years.

Son of Thomas and Elizabeth Foster of Howard Street, Morningside, Brisbane, QLD

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal