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Canadian Virtual War Memorial

William Earl Foster

In memory of:

Private William Earl Foster

August 8, 1918

Military Service


Service Number:

838943

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)

Division:

58th Bn.

Additional Information


Born:

September 28, 1897

Commemorated on Page 410 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:
Grave Reference:

B. 5.

Location:

Domart-sur-la-Luce is a village and commune in the Department of the Somme in the valley of the Luce on the road from Amiens to Roye. Hourges is a hamlet on the same road a little south-east of the village and HOURGES ORCHARD CEMETERY is on the south-west side of the road.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Cenotaph– Chatsworth, Cenotaph, Chatsworth, Ontario, Canada
  • Cenotaph– Chatsworth Cenotaph Names, Chatsworth, Ontario Canada
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Owen Sound Sun August 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of William Earl Foster– Brother of Private Robert Wellington Foster who was KIA on April 22, 1918 and brother of Sgt. Wilmer Alexander Foster who was KIA in WWII.

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