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Private Arthur John Foster

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Military service

Service number: 772351
Age: 19
Rank: Private
Force: Army
Unit/Regiment: Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment)
Division: 1ST Bn.
Birth: August 29, 1898 London, England
Enlistment: December 9, 1915 Ontario
Death: February 18, 1918

Burial/memorial information

AIX-NOULETTE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Grave reference: II. A. 5.
Additional information
Foster son of Mrs. Ellen Hunt, of Brantford, Ontario. He listed his sister, Miss Nellie Foster, c/o Annie McPherson Home, in Stratford, Ontario as his next of kin. Stating he was a farmer and single. It is quite possible that he is one of the Dr. Barnardo `Home Boys` who sailed from Liverpool, England to Quebec City, Quebec in 1909, onboard the S.S. Tunisian, along with his nine year old sister Ellen (Nellie), Destination - Stratford, Ontario. Information courtesy of Merrickville Memorial Project, May 2002.

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First World War (1914 – 1918)

In the Books of Remembrance

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Page 409 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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AIX-NOULETTE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION Pas de Calais, France

Aix-Noulette is a village in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais, about 13 kilometres south of Bethune on the main road to Arras. From Arras take the D937 towards Bethune. At Aix-Noulette, turn right at the church. The AIX-NOULETTE COMMUNAL CEMETERY and EXTENSION are a few hundred metres on the left side of the road to Bully-Grenay.

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