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FOSTER, Stanley
Personal Details
Service Numbers: | 58719, V74826 |
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Enlisted: | 14 August 1940 |
Last Rank: | Leading Aircraftman |
Last Unit: | No. 8 Squadron (RAAF) |
Born: | Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire, England, 21 February 1920 |
Home Town: | Prahran, Stonnington, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Died: | Accidental (Ground Accident), Tadji, New Guinea, 30 July 1945, aged 25 years |
Cemetery: |
Lae War Cemetery Lae War Cemetery, Lae, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement 58719 | |
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14 Aug 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, V74826 | |
6 Jul 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 58719, No. 8 Squadron (RAAF) | |
6 Jul 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 58719 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Leading Aircraftman Stanley Foster 58719 of 8SQN drowned while off-duty at Tadji, New Guinea