FOSTER, Colin Cecil
Service Number: | 2299 |
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Enlisted: | 17 May 1916, Enlisted at Broadmeadows, NSW |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 3rd Divisional Train |
Born: | Walcha, New South Wales, Australia, 1897 |
Home Town: | Dungowan, Tamworth Municipality, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Labourer |
Died: | New South Wales, Australia , 1982, cause of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
Memorials: | Walcha Road Memorial |
World War 1 Service
17 May 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2299, 36th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Broadmeadows, NSW | |
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17 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 2299, 36th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: '' | |
17 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 2299, 36th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Borda, Sydney | |
4 Apr 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2299, 36th Infantry Battalion, Gunshot wound to the left hand | |
2 Jul 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 34th Infantry Battalion, From the 36th Battalion | |
19 Feb 1919: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 3rd Divisional Train, From 34th Battalion | |
4 Oct 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2299, 3rd Divisional Train, Discharged at the 2nd Military District |
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At the time of enlistment he was residing at 'Carringmore', Wards River, NSW
Son of John Thomas Foster and Sarah Matilda Foster of Dungowan, NSW
Commenced return to Australia on 4 July 1919 on board HT Wiltshire disembarking on 20 August 1919
During 1919 Colin married Mary C. Greenham in Stroud area, NSW
Recommended for the Military Medal for actions under heavy machine gun fire during operation between 28-31 August 1918
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal