Henry Foster

Forenames

Henry AWMM

Surname

Foster AWMM

Service number

• WWI 9/1163 AWMM
• WWI 9/1168 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Religion

Presbyterian, Christian AWMM

Birth

3 Jul 1886 Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra

Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Tarras, Otago, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Mrs C. Foster (mother), Lowburn Ferry, Cromwell, Otago, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 14 Aug 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

1915-1916 AWMM Gallipoli AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

• WWI 9/1163 AWMM
• WWI 9/1168 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1

Embarkation details

WW1 14 Aug 1915-19 Sep 1915 AWMM
HMNZT 28 AWMM Vessel was Tofua AWMM Trooper AWMM Otago Mounted Rifles AWMM 6th Reinforcements AWMM

Medical notes

• Died of Disease, Cause of Death AWMM
  Died of disease AWMM
• Height, WWI AWMM
  5' 9" AWMM
• Weight, WWI AWMM
  164 lb AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Driver/Military AWMM
New Zealand Field Artillery, 2 Division Ammunition Column AWMM

Death

16 Dec 1916 AWMM
Age  30 AWMM

Cause of death

Died of Disease AWMM

Cemetery

Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, Boulogne, France AWMM VIII. C. 195. AWMM

Related Serviceperson

External links

• Archives New Zealand.
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz
  Sources Used
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
  http://www.cwgc.org
  Sources Used
• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R21004336
  Further Reference
• New Zealand War Graves Trust
  https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
  Further Reference

References

• Scadden, J. (2018). Broken branches : New Zealand families who lost three or more children in the Great War.
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Page No: 241
• NZEF Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
• Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications
  Vol. 2: Includes portrait
• The Fields of Remembrance Trust: Brothers Field, Auckland Museum (Armistice, 2018)
• Waite, F. (1919). The New Zealanders at Gallipoli. Auckland, N.Z.: Printed and published under Authority of the New Zealand Government by Whitcombe & Tombs.
• Byrne, J.R. (1922). New Zealand Artillery in the Field, 1914 - 18. Auckland, N.Z.: Whitcombe & Tombs.