ANZAC Heroes | Great War 1914 – 1918

Bunbury – Wellington District Western Australia

FOSTER, Ernest Harold

FOSTER, Ernest Harold

Full Name: Ernest Harold

FOSTER

Date of Birth: 06

–

1892

Place of birth: Kidderminster

England

Occupation: Mill Hand

Address: Bunbury WA

Next of Kin: Father-George Ernest Foster

Next of Kin Address: Sudbury Suffolk England

Religion: Church of England

Service Number: 1124

Rank: Private

Unit/Division: 11th Battalion

Enlistment Date: 1914-09-26

Enlistment Location: Helena Vale

WA

Embarkation Port:

Embarkation Date: 1914-12-22

Embarkation Ship:

Disembarkation Port:

Disembarkation Date: 1915-01-20

Locations Served:

Returned: No

Discharge Date:

Cause of Death: KIA

Date of Death:

Place of Death: Gallipoli

Age at Death: 22

Burial Location: Lone Pine Cemetery Anzac Plot 1 Row G Grave 11

24/09/1914- Completed Application for Enlistment & Medical Examination Bunbury WA
15/10/1914- Allotted to 11th Battalion Blackboy Hill Camp WA as Private
22/12/1914- Embarked Fremantle WA aboard “Themistocles” bound for Egypt
03/02/1915- Disembarked Alexandria to Overseas Training Base
2/03/1915-Embarked Alexandria with Mediterranean Expeditionary Forces bound for Gallipoli Peninsula
10/05/1915-KILLED IN ACTION Gallipoli.

 

SERVICE MEDALS AWARDED

1914/15 Star Medal No. 4759

British War Medal No. 5896

Victory Medal No. 5874

Memorial Plaque/Scroll No. 306445.

 

MEMORIAL INSCRIPTIONS

Bunbury Roll of Honour WA

Australian War Memorial Canberra ACT Panel No. 62.