Trooper

William Foster

Conflict: 
WW1
Additional Information: 

Son of Christina Foster, of Lowburn Ferry, Cromwell, Central Otago, and the late Edward Foster.

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: 
9/698
Name:
William Foster
Rank: 
Trooper
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:
NZEF, New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade, Otago Mounted Rifles

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Died of enteric
Date of Death:
16 November 1915
Day of Death:
Tuesday
Age at Death: 
27
Conflict: 
WW1

Embarkation Details

Embarkation Body:
2nd Reinforcements
Embarkation Place:
Wellington, New Zealand
Embarkment Date:
14 December 1914
Transport:

HMNZT 13
HMNZT 14
HMNZT 15
Vessel:
Verdala or Willochra or Knight of the Garter
Destination:
Suez, Egypt

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

Cemetery

Cemetery Reference: 
D. V. 5.
Cemetery Location: 
Malta
William Foster
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