Eric Charles FOSTER

Regimental number11/2096
Place of birthWoolton, Liverpool, England
OccupationStation hand
Next of kinMother, Mrs M Foster, 9 Woolton Street, Liverpool, England
Rank on embarkationTrooper
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 9th Reinforcements, Wellington Mounted Rifles, B Squadron
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board SS Maunganui on 8 January 1916
Final rankBombardier
Final unit2nd Battery, 2nd Brigade, New Zealand Field Artillery
FateKilled in Action 18 September 1918
Age at death from cemetery records29
Place of burialRocquigny-Equancourt Road British Cemetery (Plot I, Row A, Grave No 16), Manancourt, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Mary Foster, 'Holmeside', Mossley Hill, Liverpool, England, and the late Thomas Foster
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 21, p. 5