Ernest Robert FOSTER

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Service Number:	NX83417
Enlisted:	12 January 1942
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/17th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Nyngan, New South Wales, Australia, 20 February 1922
Home Town:	Drummoyne, Canada Bay, New South Wales
Died:	Killed in Action, Jivevaneng, New Guinea, 2 November 1943, aged 21 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery Cemetery/memorial reference: U. C. 12., Lae War Cemetery, Lae, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

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3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Private, NX83417
12 Jan 1942:	Enlisted Private, NX83417, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion
12 Jan 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX83417, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion
2 Nov 1943:	Involvement Private, NX83417, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion, New Guinea - Huon Peninsula / Markham and Ramu Valley /Finisterre Ranges Campaigns, KIA at "Cemetery Corner", east of Jivevaneng, New Guinea.

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