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Frederick Holman FOSTER

Regimental number192
Place of birthAbbotsford, Victoria
SchoolState School, Victoria
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationLabourer
Address'The Cedars', Murrumbeena
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation24
Next of kinFather, Angus Holman Foster, 'The Cedars', Murrambeena
Enlistment date13 March 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name24th Battalion, A Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/41/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A14 Euripides on 10 May 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll24th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 16 October 1915
Place of death or woundingGallipoli, Turkey
Age at death24
Age at death from cemetery records24
Place of burialPieta Military Cemetery (Plot XIV, Row A, Grave No. 1), Europe
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
101
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Angus Holden and Jessie FOSTER, "The Cedars", Merbein, Victoria, Australia
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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