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Capt. W, W. Foster Is Wounded( apt. \V. W, F »'trr, of the 2nd ; C. M. !!., has l-eon wounded. The appearance of his mime in the casualty li-t^ will he a nirtttM for sincere regret to a h*»^t of British Columbians. lt;apt. Forter. who hs - I- cm at the fnmt for the put -i\ or eight months, left Victonu with his |»; ilion in the spring of 1 K». Sii'-e they have been in the tranches the ( .?• 1 have experienced -umi? of the s ver« st fighting on the we tern li e. Especially ' was this the cne in the t cioe lighting .which waged foi days in the Ypres salient in the course of which the Canadians suffered severe hut covered themselves with glory. The C. M.K.'s were in the hrui t of the fighting then but C pt. Foster came through unscathed.Capt. Foster wa. or.e of the patriotic Victorian's who, when the call came, left his family and work for the front. For some years he was Deputy Minister of Public Works in the Provincial service, an office he re signed in 1913 to contest the riding of The Islands in the Conservative inter ests. He was elected by a handsome majority and today is again the Con-, servative. nominee for the same constituency and was nominated Thursday when the nominations throughout the province were held. His family reside on Belmont Avenue, Victoria.
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Revelstoke Mail Herald
Ravelstoke, British Columbia, CA
Sat, Aug 05, 1916
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