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Herbert FOAN

Regimental number2607
Place of birthRiver Bow, Wulkers Pocket, Queensland
SchoolState School
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationMiner
AddressJones Hill, Gympie, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation29
Next of kinMother, Mrs Theresa Foan, Jones Hill, Gympie, Queensland
Enlistment date1 June 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name9th Battalion, 8th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/26/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A55 Kyarra on 16 August 1915
Rank from Nominal RollLance Corporal
Unit from Nominal Roll49th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularDied 11 Stationery Hospital, Rouen.
FateDied of wounds 10 June 1917
Age at death31
Age at death from cemetery records31
Place of burialSt. Sever Cemetery Extension (Block P, Plot II, Row K, Grave No. 15A), Rouen, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
148
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: James and Theresia FOAN, Gympie, Queensland

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