Regimental number | 12/2601 |
Address | Buchanan Street, Devonport, Auckland |
Marital status | Single |
Next of kin | Father, Rasmus Robert Foster, Buchanan Street, Devonport, Auckland |
Rank on embarkation | 2nd Lieutenant |
Enlistment status | Volunteer |
Unit name | New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 6th Reinforcements, Auckland Infantry Battalion |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Wellington on board Willochra on |
Final rank | Captain |
Final unit | 2nd Battalion, Auckland Infantry Regiment |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Age at death from cemetery records | 23 |
Place of burial | No known grave |
Commemoration details | Messines Ridge (New Zealand) Memorial, Belgium |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Ellen Anna Foster, 24A Hamilton Road, Herne Bay, Auckland, and the late Erasmus Robert Foster |
Other details |
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Miscellaneous details | Nominal Roll Vol. 1: Auckland Infantry Batln/Sixth |
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