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Official Letter regarding the wounding of William Ernest Foster

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SubjectFoster, William Ernest
TitleOfficial Letter regarding the wounding of William Ernest Foster
NotesOfficial notification from the Tank Corps record office of the wounding of Pte. Foster in the left forearm and abdomen by a shell on the 10th August 1918, and his admission to the 3rd Australian General Hospital at Abbeville.

Pte. 200816 William Ernest Foster, D Coy. Heavy Section, Machine Gun Corps (later D Bn. Heavy Branch, Machine Gun Corps and 4th Bn. Tank Corps), served originally in the Machine Gun Corps (Motors).
Item Date19th August 1918
Creation placeEngland
File typeImage
Item sourceLeaf
Item mediumPaper
ContentOfficial document
CataloguerRichard Marshall
FilenameGWA_2160_norscan0040.jpg
CopyrightThe Great War Archive, University of Oxford / Primary Contributor
Digital repositoryThe Great War Archive, University of Oxford
Contributor NameRichard Marshall (Norwich and Norfolk Millennium Library Submission Day 8th April 2008)
Contributed on the behalf ofHelen Callister
Reference URLhttp://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/gwa/item/3810