Regimental number | 894 |
Place of birth | Liverpool, England |
School | Sefton Park High School |
Age on arrival in Australia | 21 |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Fireman |
Address | c/o Mrs Carr, President Street, Kalgoorlie, Western Australia |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 28 |
Height | 5' 7.75" |
Weight | 156 lbs |
Next of kin | Mrs Foster, 28 Rullerton Road, Liscard Cheshire, England |
Previous military service | Served as a bugler in the Liverpool Scottish 1898 and in the Royal Australian Artillery |
Enlistment date | |
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll | |
Place of enlistment | Helena Vale, Western Australia |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 11th Battalion, H Company |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/28/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board Transport A11 Ascanius on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 11th Battalion |
Fate | Died of wounds |
Place of death or wounding | Gallipoli, Turkey |
Date of death | |
Age at death | 30 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 30 |
Place of burial | No known grave |
Commemoration details | The Lone Pine Memorial (Panel 33), Gallipoli, Turkey The Lone Pine Memorial, situated in the Lone Pine Cemetery at Anzac, is the main Australian Memorial on Gallipoli, and one of four memorials to men of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force. Designed by Sir John Burnet, the principal architect of the Gallipoli cemeteries, it is a thick tapering pylon 14.3 metres high on a square base 12.98 metres wide. It is constructed from limestone mined at Ilgardere in Turkey. The Memorial commemorates the 3268 Australians and 456 New Zealanders who have no known grave and the 960 Australians and 252 New Zealanders who were buried at sea after evacuation through wounds or disease. The names of New Zealanders commemorated are inscribed on stone panels mounted on the south and north sides of the pylon, while those of the Australians are listed on a long wall of panels in front of the pylon and to either side. Names are arranged by unit and rank. The Memorial stands over the centre of the Turkish trenches and tunnels which were the scene of heavy fighting during the August offensive. Most cemeteries on Gallipoli contain relatively few marked graves, and the majority of Australians killed on Gallipoli are commemorated here. |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 62 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Frederick Augustus Charles and Jane FOSTER, 28 Rullerton Road, Liscard, England. Native of Liverpool, England |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Gallipoli Found guilty, 28 September 1914, of being absent without leave: fined 5/-. Found guilty, 5 October 1914, of being absent without leave: fined 7/6-. Found guilty, 29 October 1914, of being absent without leave: awarded 28 days' confined to camp. Embarked Freemantle, 2 November 1914. Embarked Alexandria to join the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, Gallipoli, 2 March 1915. Found guilty, 27 March 1915, of (1) drunkenness on active service and (2) giving a false name: awarded 7 days' Field Punishment No. 2. Died of wounds received in action, HMT "Osmanieh", 7 May 1915. Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Sources | NAA: B2455, FOSTER Frederick Sebastian |