Samuel James FOSTER

FOSTER, Samuel James

Service Number: 3967
Enlisted: 20 March 1916, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank: Sapper
Last Unit: 2nd Tunnelling Company (inc. 5th Tunnelling Company)
Born: Staffordshire, England, 1879
Home Town: Fitzroy, Yarra, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Labourer
Died: Bairnsdale, Victoria, Australia, 1951, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Not yet discovered
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World War 1 Service

20 Mar 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 3967, 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company), Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria
25 May 1916: Involvement Sapper, 3967, 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Warilda embarkation_ship_number: A69 public_note: ''
25 May 1916: Embarked Sapper, 3967, 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company), HMAT Warilda, Melbourne
25 May 1916: Involvement Sapper, 3967, 2nd Tunnelling Company (inc. 5th Tunnelling Company), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Warilda embarkation_ship_number: A69 public_note: ''
25 May 1916: Embarked Sapper, 3967, 2nd Tunnelling Company (inc. 5th Tunnelling Company), HMAT Warilda, Melbourne
29 Sep 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 2nd Tunnelling Company (inc. 5th Tunnelling Company)
16 Aug 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 3967, 2nd Tunnelling Company (inc. 5th Tunnelling Company), Discharged at the 3rd Military District

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Husband of Mary Ellen Foster nee Driscoll of Fitzroy, Victoria. Samuel and Mary were married during 1906 in Victoria

Commenced return to Australia on 20 May 1919 aboard HT Nestor disembarking on the 2 July 1919

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

Previously served as a volunteer in the Victorian Rangers