Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Earl Sydney Foster
In memory of:
Flight Sergeant Earl Sydney Foster
February 10, 1942
Military Service
R/ 74787
23
Air Force
Royal Canadian Air Force
73 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
1939-45 Star, Africa Star, War Medal 1939-45, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp. Posthumously awarded RCAF Operational Wings in recognition of gallant service in action against the enemy, the 22 February 1946.
Additional Information
June 25, 1918
Assinaboa, Manitoba
October 16, 1940
Vancouver, British Columbia
Son of Sydney Frank and Ruby Virginia (nee Revercomb) Foster, of Victoria, British Columbia.
Commemorated on Page 74 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
23. A. 4.
HALFAYA SOLLUM WAR CEMETERY is on the main coast road from Mersa Matruh through to Libya, and is on the east side of Halfaya Sollum, approximately 12 kilometres from the Egypt/Libya border.
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Digital Collection
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Details
Newspaper Clipping – Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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