Auckland War Memorial Museum - Foster-Jacob-World-War-II,-1939-1945

Full Name

Jacob Foster

Rank Last Held

Private

Forename(s)

Jacob

Surname

Foster

War

World War II, 1939-1945

Serial No.

67316

Gender

Male

First Known Rank

Lance Corporal

Occupation before Enlistment

Stevedore

Next of Kin

Mrs M. Foster (mother), Apia, Samoa, Pacific Islands

Marital Status

Single

Enlistment Address

Apia, Samoa, Pacific Islands

Military District

Auckland

Body on Embarkation

Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force (2NZEF)

Embarkation Unit

Infantry Reinforcements

Nominal Roll Number

WW2 9

Page on Nominal Roll

WW2 137

Campaigns

Italy

Last Unit Served

28 (Maori) Battalion

Place of Death

Italy

Date of Death

7 December 1943

Age at Death

Year of Death

1943

Cemetery Name

Sangro River War Cemetery, Italy

Grave Reference

IX. E. 20.

Biographical Notes

Son of Alexander and Mary Foster, of Lautoka, Viti Levu. Fiji.

Further References

28th Maori Battalion Website 1941-1945. URL: http://www.28maoribattalion.org.nz
Commonwealth War Graves Commission record. URL: http://www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=2377889

Sources Used

Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force Nominal Roll No. 9 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1942 to 31st December, 1942)
Commonwealth War Graves Commission. URL: http://www.cwgc.org
28 (Maori) Battalion Roll of Honour originally published in Cody (1956). Digital copy URL: http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/tei-WH2Maor-_N100649.html
Cody, J. (1956). 28 (Maori) Battalion. Wellington: Dept. of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. Digital copy URL: http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/tei-WH2Maor.html

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