Warwick Herman Rous FOSTER

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FOSTER, Warwick Herman Rous

Service Number:	2300
Enlisted:	29 May 1916, Enlisted at Newcastle, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	36th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Rousemill, New South Wales, Australia, 1886
Home Town:	Boolaroo, Lake Macquarie Shire, New South Wales
Schooling:	Central Public School, New South Wales, Australia; Home Schooling
Occupation:	Postman
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 10 June 1917
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient)

World War 1 Service

29 May 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2300, 36th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Newcastle, NSW
17 Oct 1916:	Involvement Private, 2300, 36th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: ''
17 Oct 1916:	Embarked Private, 2300, 36th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Borda, Sydney

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of James Fuller Foster and Fanny Hannah Evelyn Foster of Lake View Street, Boolaroo, NSW. Brother of Robert Thomas Reginald Foster DCM who died of wounds on the 11 April 1917 while serving with the 53 Battalion and is buried in St Sever Cemetery Extension, Block O, Plot V111, Row P, Grave 3

Father of ex-nuptial child Norman Warwick Henry Moyle who was being cared for by Warwick's mother Fanny Foster

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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