| Regimental number | 6859 |
| Date of birth | |
| Place of birth | Brown Hill Creek, Mitcham, South Australia |
| School | Public School Public School, South Australia |
| Religion | Baptist |
| Occupation | Gardener |
| Address | Waverley Street, Upper Mitcham, South Australia |
| Marital status | Single |
| Age at embarkation | 23 |
| Height | 5' 8.5" |
| Weight | 153 lbs |
| Next of kin | Mother, Mrs Fanny E Foster, Waverley Street, Upper Mitcham, South Australia |
| Previous military service | Nil |
| Enlistment date | |
| Place of enlistment | Keswick, South Australkia |
| Rank on enlistment | Private |
| Unit name | 8th Infantry Brigade, 8th Field Ambulance Sections B and C |
| Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A11 Ascanius on |
| Rank from Nominal Roll | Driver |
| Unit from Nominal Roll | 15th Field Ambulance |
| Recommendations (Medals and Awards) |
Military Medal Not awarded. Recommendation date: Mention in Despatches Not awarded. Congratulatory Card issued; promulgated in Australian Military Order, No 11, 12 January 1918. |
| Fate | Killed in Action |
| Place of death or wounding | Amiens, France |
| Age at death | 25.11 |
| Age at death from cemetery records | 25 |
| Place of burial | Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery (Plot X, Row D, Grave No. 5), Fouilloy, France |
| Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 182 |
| Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Arthur and Fanny E. FOSTER, Waverley Street, Mitcham, South Australia |
| Other details |
War service: Egypt, Western Front Found guilty, serapeum, 6 January 1916, of being absent from 10.30 am till 12 noon parade: awarded 2 days' confined to barracks. Transferred to 15th Field Artillery Brigade, Tel el Kebir, 24 February 1916. Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 9 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 28 June 1916. Remustered as Driver, 3 September 1916. Admitted to 15th Field Ambulance, 3 December 1916; discharged to duty, 10 December 1916. Found guilty, 19 July 1917, of being absent from his post whilst on picquet duty, 19 July 1917: awarded 7 days' Field Punishment No 2. On leave to the United Kingdom, 9 August 1917; rejoined unit from leave, 22 August 1917. 'Army Corps commander expressed appreciation of gallant services rendered during recent operations', 31 October 1917. Found guilty, 5 March 1918, of while on Active Service contravention of 4th Army Standing Order No 1082, namely, trotting a horse on paved roads: admonished. On leave to Paris, 28 July 1918; rejoined unit from leave, 7 August 1918. Killed in action, 10 August 1918 (shrapnel wound, abdomen). Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |
| Sources | NAA: B2455, FOSTER John Ernest |