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Record Detail |
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| Full Name: |
Henry Foster |
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| Rank Last Held: |
Driver |
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| Forename(s): |
Henry |
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| Surname: |
Foster |
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| War: |
World War I, 1914-1918 |
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| Serial No.: |
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| Gender: |
Male |
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| First Known Rank: |
Trooper |
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| Next of Kin: |
Mrs C. Foster (mother), Lowburn Ferry, Cromwell, Otago, New Zealand |
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| Marital Status: |
Single |
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| Enlistment Address: |
Tarras, Otago, New Zealand |
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| Military District: |
Otago |
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| Body on Embarkation: |
6th Reinforcements |
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| Embarkation Unit: |
Otago Mounted Rifles |
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| Embarkation Date: |
14 August 1915 |
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| Place of Embarkation: |
Wellington, New Zealand |
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| Transport: |
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| Vessel: |
Willochra or Tofua |
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| Destination: |
Suez, Egypt |
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| Page on Nominal Roll: |
241 |
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| Last Unit Served: |
New Zealand Field Artillery, 2 Division Ammunition Column |
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| Place of Death: |
France |
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| Date of Death: |
16 December 1916 |
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| Age at Death: |
30 |
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| Year of Death: |
1916 |
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| Cause of Death: |
Died of disease |
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| Cemetery Name: |
Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, Boulogne, France |
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| Grave Reference: |
VIII. C. 195. |
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| Biographical Notes: |
- Son of Christina and the late Edward Foster, of Lowburn Ferry, Otago
- One of three brothers who died in service during the Great War
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| Additional Information: |
Serial Number appears as 9/1163 in Nominal Rolls, as 9/1168 in Archives New Zealand |
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| Archives NZ source: |
Military personnel file |
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