FOSTER, Eric Sivill
Service Number: | 6790 |
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Enlisted: | 22 November 1915, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW |
Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
Last Unit: | 3rd Division Signals |
Born: | Berny, New South Wales, Australia, 1897 |
Home Town: | Redfern, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Patternmaker |
Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
22 Nov 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 6790, 1st Divisional Signal Company, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW | |
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11 Mar 1916: | Involvement Sapper, 6790, 1st Divisional Signal Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: '' | |
11 Mar 1916: | Embarked Sapper, 6790, 1st Divisional Signal Company, HMAT Orsova, Sydney | |
20 Aug 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 3rd Division Signals, From 1st Divisional Signals | |
1 May 1918: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 3rd Division Signals, In France | |
19 Aug 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 6790, 3rd Division Signals, Discharged at the 2nd Military District |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Arthur Swale Foster and Adelaide M. Foster of 91 Great Buckingham Street, Redfern, NSW
Commenced return to Australia on 20 May 1919 on board HT Nestor disembarking on the 4 July 1919
During 1924c Eric married Edith M. Glendenning in the Parramatta area, NSW
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Served a three apprenticeship for Patternmaking with J.M. Hall