Private

Robert Foster

Conflict: 
WW1
Additional Information: 

Son of Christina and the late Edward Foster, of Lowburn Ferry, Otago, New Zealand.

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: 
8/137
Name:
Robert Foster
Rank: 
Private
Date of Birth:
Not known
Next of Kin: 
Mrs Christina Foster (mother), Lowburn Ferry, Cromwell, Otago, New Zealand
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Enlistment Address: 
Lowburn Ferry, New Zealand
Unit:
NZEF, Otago Regiment

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Killed in action
Date of Death:
04 August 1915
Day of Death:
Wednesday
Age at Death: 
21
Conflict: 
WW1

Embarkation Details

Embarkation Body:
Main Body
Embarkation Place:
Port Chalmers, New Zealand
Embarkment Date:
16 October 1914
Transport:

HMNZT 5
HMNZT 9
Vessel:
Ruapehu or Hawkes Bay
Destination:
Suez, Egypt

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

Cemetery

Cemetery Reference: 
II. B. 4.
Cemetery Location: 
Turkey
Robert Foster
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