H06638 Accession Number: H06638

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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.

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Accession Number
H06638
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Print
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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