Hubert Foster
| Hubert John Foster | |
|---|---|
| Born |
4 October 1885 Biggleswade, Bedfordshire, England |
| Died | 21 March 1919 (aged 63) Cooma, New South Wales, Australia |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom Australia |
| Service/branch |
British Army (1873–12) Australian Army (1916–18) |
| Years of service | 1873–1912 1916–1918 |
| Rank | Brigadier General |
| Commands held | Chief of the General Staff |
| Battles/wars |
Anglo-Egyptian War First World War |
Brigadier General Hubert John Foster (4 October 1855 – 21 March 1919) was a senior officer in the British Army and later Australian Army, who served as Chief of the Australian General Staff from 1916 to 1917.
Educated at Harrow School and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich and having won the Pollock Medal there, Foster was commissioned into the Royal Engineers in 1875.
He was deployed to Cyprus when British troops occupied the island in 1878. He served in the Anglo-Egyptian War of 1882 and took part in the Battle of Tel el-Kebir and the occupation of Cairo. In 1886 he joined the staff of the Commander-in-Chief, Ireland. He transferred to the military intelligence division of the War Office in 1890.
In 1898 he was made Quartermaster-General of the Canadian Forces and managed the deployment of Canadian troops for the Second Boer War. In 1901 he went to Guernsey and Alderney as commanding Royal Engineer. Then in 1903 he was made British Military attaché in Washington, D. C. and Mexico City.
Foster became a leading military writer following his appointment in 1906 as Director of Military Science at the University of Sydney. He lobbied for the adoption of an expeditionary strategy with a major role for the Australian Army which was in sharp contrast to the views of Admiral Sir William Cresswell who advocated a policy of defending the shores of the continent of Australia.
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