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FOSTER, Ernest Robert
Personal Details
Service Number: | NX83417 |
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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 |
Service History
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Private, NX83417 | |
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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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