Brigadier General Hubert John Foster 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.
10 Facts About Hubert Foster
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Hubert Foster was deployed to Cyprus when British troops occupied the island in 1878.
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Hubert Foster served in the Anglo-Egyptian War of 1882 and took part in the Battle of Tel el-Kebir and the occupation of Cairo.
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Hubert Foster transferred to the military intelligence division of the War Office in 1890, and was promoted to major on 20 September 1894.
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Hubert Foster became a leading military writer following his appointment in 1906 as Director of Military Science at the University of Sydney.
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Hubert Foster 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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Hubert Foster went on to serve in the First World War and was appointed Chief of the General Staff in January 1916.
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Hubert Foster was placed on the retired list, AMF, as an honorary brigadier general on 19 October 1918.
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Hubert Foster died on 21 March 1919 at Carlaminda, near Cooma, New South Wales, and was buried in Cooma cemetery with Anglican rites.
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Hubert Foster was survived by his wife and their son, Sir John Galway Foster, who later became a member of the British House of Commons.