Private
Foster Hunter aka Cowen
Military Details
Service Number: 5423
Regiment & Unit / Ship
2nd Field Ambulance Australian A.M.C
Enlisted
18 May 1915
Awards and Medals
The 1914-15 Star
The Victory Medal
The British War Medal, 1914-18
Enlistment Details
Date of Enlistment
18 May 1915
Place of Enlistment
Melbourne
Residence at Enlistment
Melbourne , Australia
Rank at Enlistment
Private
Battalion at Enlistment
2nd Field Ambulance
Service History
Dec 1915 Served in Mediterranean joined 2nd Australian field Ambulance at Mudros March 1916 Transferred to France (B.E.F.) September 1917 Joined 1st Div AMC 27/9/1917 Admitted to 3rd Canadian C.C.S. Wounds to Thigh Left Shoulder Compound Fracture Fibia & Tibia
Personal Details
Date of Birth
1890
Place of Birth
Whitehaven
Religion
Primitive Methodist
Address
53 George Street , Whitehaven
Residence (Census)
20 Peter Street , Whitehaven
Residence (Roll of Honour)
53 George Street , Whitehaven
Parents
John & Sarah Ann Cowen of 53 George Street, Whitehaven
Siblings
James Foster ,Henry,Francis,Albert, Robert,Evelyn
Family Connection
James Cowan ( Brother)
Education and Occupation
Occupation
Student
Work Address
Queens College , Melbourne University
Death and Memorial
Date of Death
27th September 1917
Age at Death
27
Circumstances of Death
Died of Wounds
Place of Death
Ypres
Theater of Action
Flanders
Battle
Third Battle of Ypres
Regiment at Death
Australian A.M.C
Battalion/Vessel at Death
2nd Field Ambulance
Rank at Death
Private
Buried or Commemorated at
LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY
France
Grave Position: XXIV. D. 1.
Private Memorial: Primitive Methodists Roll of Honour/Cleator Moor Methodists church
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