Stanley FOSTER

FOSTER, Stanley

Service Numbers: 58719, V74826
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
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement 58719
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

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Leading Aircraftman Stanley Foster 58719 of 8SQN drowned while off-duty at Tadji, New Guinea