Accession Number | H06638 |
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Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Black & white - Print silver gelatin |
Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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Studio portrait of 6317 Private (Pte) Valentine Horace Foster, 21st Battalion. A water bailiff ...
Description
Studio portrait of 6317 Private (Pte) Valentine Horace Foster, 21st Battalion. A water bailiff from Nyah, Vic prior to enlistment, Pte Foster embarked with the 18th Reinforcements from Melbourne on HMAT Hororata on 23 November 1916. On 4 October he was killed in action in Belgium, aged 28 and is commemorated on the Menin Gate Memorial.