FOSTER, John
| Service Number: | 1357 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Cheshire, England, United Kingdom, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Woonona, Wollongong, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 7 August 1915, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bulli Great War Memorial, Bulli Roll of Honour, Bulli-Woonona War Memorial , Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing |
World War 1 Service
| 11 Feb 1915: | Involvement Private, 1357, 3rd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Bee embarkation_ship_number: A48 public_note: '' | |
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| 11 Feb 1915: | Embarked Private, 1357, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Bee, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Born in Cheshire-birth record not found.
He was 26 and the son of Charles and Jane Foster, of 4, Grange Rd., Colwyn Bay, North Wales.
Died Between 07/08/1915 and 12/08/1915.
He is one of two Australian casualties of the Great War remembered on the Colwyn Bay War Memorial.
Colwyn Bay (Welsh: Bae Colwyn) is a seaside town, community and holiday resort in Conwy County Borough on the north coast of Wales overlooking the Irish Sea.
Until 1974 the area was part of historic Denbighshire, and between 1974 and 1996 of the county of Clwyd. Eight neighbouring communities are incorporated within its postal district. Established as its own separate parish in 1844 with just a small grouping of homes and farms where the community of Old Colwyn stands today, Colwyn Bay has expanded to become the second-largest community and business centre in the north of Wales as well as the 15th largest in the whole of Wales
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