| Place | Europe: France, Picardie, Somme, Bapaume Cambrai Area, Noreuil |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | H06595 |
| 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 Second Lieutenant (2nd Lt) Henry Clinton Foss, 28th Battalion. A farmer from ...
Description
Studio portrait of Second Lieutenant (2nd Lt) Henry Clinton Foss, 28th Battalion. A farmer from Subiaco, WA prior to enlistment, 2nd Lt Foss embarked with the rank of Acting Corporal with C Company, 10th Light Horse Regiment from Fremantle on HMAT Surada on 17 February 1915. After promotion to Sergeant he was Mentioned in Despatches "for gallantry (when he) volunteered to bomb Turks from barricade on Kaiajik Aghala. (He) held on for 31 hours and repulsed 3 Turkish attacks on the barricade". Later he transferred to the 51st Battalion and then the 28th Battalion where, after successfully completing the appropriate training, he was promoted to 2nd Lieutenant. On 3 May 1917 he was killed in action, aged 29, and is commemorated on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial. His two brothers, Captain Cecil Maitland Foss, also of the 28th Battalion, and 5969 Corporal Ernest Cecil Foss, 11th Battalion, were also killed in action.