Ernest Robert 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
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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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Private, NX83417
12 Jan 1942: Enlisted Private, NX83417, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion
12 Jan 1942: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army 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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