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FOSTER, Albert Arthur
Personal Details
Service Number: | 1944 |
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Enlisted: | 26 January 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW |
Last Rank: | Corporal |
Last Unit: | 2nd Machine Gun Company |
Born: | Doncaster, England, 1896 |
Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Farm Labourer |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
26 Jan 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1944, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW | |
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13 Apr 1915: | Embarked Private, 1944, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Sydney | |
13 Apr 1915: | Involvement Private, 1944, 2nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
14 Feb 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 54th Infantry Battalion, From 2nd Battalion | |
16 Feb 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 14th Machine Gun Company, From 54th Battalion | |
29 Sep 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 14th Machine Gun Company | |
28 Oct 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 14th Machine Gun Company, In France | |
1 Sep 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Corporal, 2nd Machine Gun Company, From 14th Machine Gun Company | |
23 Apr 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 1944, Discharged at the 2nd Military District |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of A. Foster of 752 Ecclesall Road, Encliffe, Sheffield, England
Commenced return to Australia on 13 January 1919 on board HT Berrima disembarking on 17 February 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal