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Robert Henry FOERS

Regimental number1040
Place of birthDonald, Victoria
SchoolBealiba, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationButtermaker
Address2 Garve Street, East Brunswick, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation24
Next of kinFather, Fred Foers, Police Station, Box Hill, Victoria
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date8 March 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name24th Battalion, A Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/41/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A14 Euripides on 10 May 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll24th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 24 September 1916
Place of death or woundingPozieres, Somme Sector, France
Age at death24
Age at death from cemetery records24
Place of burialWhiston (St. Mary Magdalene) Churchyard, Yorkshire, England
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
101
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Fred F. and Annie M. FOERS, Police Station, Malvern, Victoria
Other details

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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