LEST WE FORGET
Leading Aircraftman Stanley FOSTER
Service No: 58719
Born: Barrow-in-Furness, England, 21 February 1920
Enlisted in the RAAF: 6 July 1942 (at Melbourne VIC)
Unit: No. 8 Squadron, Tadji PNG
Died: Ground Accident, Tadji 30 July 1945, Aged 25 Years
Buried: Lae War Cemetery PNG
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Edward and Florence Lillian Foster; husband of Marjorie Alice Foster, of Windsor, Victoria
Roll of Honour: Prahran VIC
Remembered: Panel 99, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 30 July 1945 Leading Aircraftman Foster drowned at Tadji while off duty.
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veterans’ Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 166/14/476