Driver

Henry Foster

Conflict: 
WW1
Additional Information: 

Son of Christina and the late Edward Foster, of Lowburn Ferry, Otago, New Zealand. One of three brothers who died in service during the Great War.

References:
  • CWGC
  • Archives New Zealand
NZ WAR GRAVES
CONTRIBUTED

Public Contributions:

One of three brother who went to war and did not come home.

Personal Tributes:

Casualty

Service Number: 
9/1168
Name:
Henry Foster
Rank: 
Driver
Date of Birth:
Not known
Next of Kin: 
Mrs C. Foster (mother), Lowburn Ferry, Cromwell, Otago, New Zealand
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Enlistment Address: 
Tarras, Otago, New Zealand
Armed Force: 
Army
Unit:
New Zealand Field Artillery, Divisional Ammunition Column

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Died of sickness
Date of Death:
16 December 1916
Day of Death:
Saturday
Age at Death: 
30
Conflict: 
WW1

Embarkation Details

Embarkation Body:
6th Reinforcements
Embarkation Place:
Wellington, New Zealand
Embarkment Date:
14 August 1915
Transport:

HMNZT 27
HMNZT 28
Vessel:
Willochra or Tofua
Destination:
Suez, Egypt

Text in italics supplied by Cenotaph Online, Auckland War Memorial Museum

Cemetery

Cemetery Reference: 
VIII. C. 195.
Cemetery Location: 
France
Henry Foster
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