Service number | VX63764 |
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Birth Date | 1922-03-25 |
Birth Place | Australia: Victoria, Horsham |
Death Date | 2016-10-03 |
Death Place | Australia: Queensland, North Queensland, Townsville |
Final Rank | Private |
Service | Australian Army |
Unit | 2/29th Australian Infantry Battalion |
Places | |
Conflict/Operation | Second World War, 1939-1945 |
Private James Herbert Foster
Description
Private James Herbert Foster enlisted to the Second Australian Imperial Force on 22 September 1941. He served with 2/29 Australian Infantry Battalion in Malaya, but was taken as a prisoner of war by the Japanese in February 1942. Private Foster spent the remainder of the war as a prisoner, and returned to Australia in September 1945. He was discharged on 27 November 1945.
Rolls
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Second World War POWs and Missing Persons:
- Unit
- 2/29th Australian Infantry Battalion
- Conflict
- Second World War, 1939-1945
- Rank
- Private
Timeline
Date of birth | 25 March 1922 | |
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Date of enlistment | 22 September 1941 | |
Date of discharge | 27 November 1945 | |
Date of death | 03 October 2016 |