Frederick Bernard FOSTER

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FOSTER, Frederick Bernard

Service Number:	17
Enlisted:	14 September 1914, Enlisted at Helena Vale, WA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	16th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
Born:	Leicester, England, United Kingdom, 1892
Home Town:	Needilup, Jerramungup, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 2 May 1915
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave Panel 53, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Gnowangerup War Memorial, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing

World War 1 Service

14 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 17, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Enlisted at Helena Vale, WA
22 Dec 1914:	Involvement Private, 17, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1914:	Embarked Private, 17, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Arthur George Foster of 'Hillside', Needilup, WA. Brother of Cyril Edgar Foster of 70 Parry Street, Perth, WA, Edward Percy Foster of Needilup, WA and Alfred Bertie Foster who was killed in action on 11 April 1917 while serving with the 48th Battalion

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Also served in the Leicestershire Yeomanry, England for about 2 years

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