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Daphne May Foster

Conflict: 
WW2
Additional Information: 

Daughter of George and Meg Foster; wife of Joseph Stanley Foster, of New Plymouth, Taranaki.

References:
  • CWGC
NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

"A member of the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps died in hospital this evening less than an hour after being struck by a motor truck when she was crossing the road from the New Plymouth Army Office.

She was: Corporal Daphne May Foster, aged 39, wife of Mr. J. S. Foster, of New Plymouth; Corporal Foster received severe head injuries."
AUCKLAND STAR, VOLUME LXXVI, ISSUE 137, 12 JUNE 1945, PAGE 7

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Casualty

Service Number: 
818192
Name:
Daphne May Foster
Rank: 
Corporal
Date of Birth:
Not known
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Unit:
New Zealand Women's Army Auxiliary Corps

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Motor Vehicle Accident
Date of Death:
11 June 1945
Day of Death:
Monday
Age at Death: 
39
Conflict: 
WW2

Embarkation Details

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

Cemetery

Cemetery: 
New Plymouth (Te Henui) Cemetery
Cemetery Reference: 
AS.
Cemetery Location: 
New Zealand
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