Ernest Robert (Ernie) FOSTER

FOSTER, Ernest Robert

    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
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Dunlop Rubber Worker
    Died: Killed in Action, New Guinea, 2 November 1943, aged 21 years
    Cemetery: Lae War Cemetery
    Cemetery/memorial reference: U. C. 12.,
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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    World War 2 Service

    3 Sep 1939: Involvement Private, NX83417
    12 Jan 1942: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX83417, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion
    12 Jan 1942: Enlisted Private, NX83417, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion
    23 Aug 1942: Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX83417, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion, Embarked from Sydney for M.E.
    8 Oct 1942: Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX83417, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion, Middle East / Mediterranean Theatre, Disembarked at Suez for M.E. Campaign.
    26 Jan 1943: Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX83417, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion, R.T.A. from M.E. He disembarked back in Sydney on 27 Feb 1943.
    31 Jul 1943: Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX83417, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion, Embarked at Cairns for New Guinea. Disembarked at Milne Bay on 01 August 1943.
    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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