Soldier profiles
Name : FOSTER, FRANK FREDERICK
Service Number : VX39152 (V57321)
Date of Birth : 19/09/1906
Place of Birth : MORNINGTON, VIC
Known as : FRANK
Occupation on Enlistment :
Date of Enlistment : 09/02/1939
Locality on Enlistment : MILDURA, VIC
Place of Enlistment : RED CLIFFS, VIC
Next of Kin : FOSTER, UNA
Rank (at time of discharge / death) : SERGEANT
Service : ARMY
Final Posting : 2/2 PIONEER BATTALION
Position / Platoon / Company (as 2/2 Pioneer) (date / details) : HEADQUARTERS (SYRIA)
Unit Transfers / Promotions (date / details) :
Theatres of War : SYRIA, JAVA
Actions : DAMOUR (SYRIA)
Wounded (date / details) :
Discharged : 23/05/1946
Date Died : 20/09/1954
Age at Death : 48
Community Roll of Honour : N/A
Buried Location / Memorial (P.O.W., D.O.W., K.I.A.) : N/A
K.I.A. (date / details) : N/A
D.O.W. (date / details) : N/A
M.I.A. (date / details) : N/A
P.O.W. (location/s) : JAVA
Died P.O.W. (date / details) : NO
P.O.W. Camps (details) : JAVA
Recovered P.O.W. (location/s) : THAILAND
Honours and Gallantry : None for display
Applicable Australian War Memorial circulars : Australian War Memorial B-JAVA-0029 Missing & POW Circular
References found (entries & photos) : National Archives of Australia (Barcode 6138607 [NOT EXAMINED], Barcode 478886 [OPEN]), WW2 Nominal Roll, Australian War Memorial, W_HAMMERTON_5.jpg, Past article (size 948kB), Death notice (The Argus 25/09/1954), Past article (size 888kB)
Background : Died in Naples, Italy en route back to Australia.
